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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