MEANING
Having temporarily impaired sight because of intense sunlight reflected from snow or ice.
Use it for
describing a traveler whose sight is damaged by snow glare; showing vulnerability in a bright winter landscape; distinguishing an injured observer from poor outdoor visibilityDistinguishes impaired eyesight caused by reflected light from a whiteout that hides the surrounding landscape. Writing functions: Sensory description / Environmental danger.
Words that belong together
- go snow-blind
- become snow-blind
- a snow-blind climber
On the page
Snow-blind and exhausted, she followed the rope rather than the horizon.
By evening the snow-blind traveler could barely distinguish the lantern from the window.
Word forms
- Base
- snow-blind
Usage notes
Adjective, often after go, become, or be; also before a noun. Also written snowblind or snow-blinded. No ordinary comparative or superlative inflection. Register: neutral. Commonness: uncommon (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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