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😵‍💫 Unable to see 😵‍💫 To blind with snow
snow-blind

snow-blind

8.1
Unable to see for a short time because bright light from snow bounces into your eyes
  • adjective
  • /ˈsnoʊˌblaɪnd/
  • UK
translation icon : cegado por la nieve
  • He realized he was snow-blind when the dazzling light made it hard for him to distinguish between the snow and the sky.

Examples

  • "I have to go down" "because I'm starting to get snow-blind."

    The Summit (2013)

  • I was getting more in panic, you know, because I knew- fuck, getting snow-blind at this altitude is finished.

    The Summit (2013)

  • I'm snow-blind.

    Everest (2015)

  • My polar sunglasses were lost somewhere in the blizzard, and by the time we reached the highlands at the base of the massif, I was snow blind from the sunlight and its reflected glare.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • After hours in the bright sun, I was snow-blind and couldn't see clearly.

  • Without proper sunglasses, climbers can quickly become snow-blind while trekking in snowy mountains.

Synonyms

snow-blinded
vssnow-blind
  • UK
8.2

Unable to see for a short time because bright light from snow hurts your eyes

is identical in meaning but uses a hyphenated adjective form not a participial form

Antonyms

clear-sighted
4.7

A person or animal that can see clearly, even far away

How Blind

blinded
3.4
snow-blind
  • UK
8.1
dazzled
3.9
squinting
3.1

Surface Forms

snow-blind positive
snow-blinder comparative
snow-blindest superlative

Morphology

snow-blind = snow + blind (transparent) = snow + blind

The meaning 'blinded by snow or reflected light from snow' is directly derived from 'snow' + 'blind' in a predictable way.

Etymology

Snow-blind is a simple compound of snow and blind. It paints the image of very bright snow that reflects sunlight and makes your eyes 'unable to see' for a short time, so someone who is snow-blind cannot see clearly until their eyes recover.