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aveuglant

blinding, dazzling

adjective a-vuh-GLAHN Rare

Origin: from aveugler 'to blind' + -ant

Usage Note

Aveuglant describes light so intense it blinds (une lumière aveuglante) and also used figuratively for something overwhelmingly obvious: une vérité aveuglante — a blinding truth. The feminine is aveuglante; the base verb aveugler means to blind or to dazzle.

Examples

"Le soleil était aveuglant ce matin."

Natural Translation

The sun was blinding this morning.

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