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Past tense of blind

regular verb

The past tense of blind is blinded. The past participle is also blinded.

Forms of blind

Base form (V1)blind /ˈblaɪ̯nd/
Past tense (V2)blinded /ˈblaɪn.dɪd/
Past participle (V3)blinded /ˈblaɪn.dɪd/
Present participleblinding /ˈblaɪndɪŋ/
Third person singularblinds /blaɪndz/

Less standard forms: blound (nonstandard).

Blinded in a sentence

  • The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.
  • They were blinded by partisan zeal.From the entry partisan
  • He desires to keep unbelievers blinded to the truth of God's Word.2006, Charles Stanley, When the Enemy Strikes: The Keys to Winning Your Spiritual Battles. From the entry God's word
  • Sitting at Garnet Hill I am blinded by the sunlight on the ice.2004, John Kelly, Due South: An Antarctic Journal, page 53. From the entry dingle
  • No untoward effects were reported; however, this was not a blinded or controlled study.2004, Jan Riordan, chapter 5, in Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, →ISBN, page 149. From the entry untoward

Meaning of blind

  1. adjective Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
  2. adjective Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.
  3. adjective Having little or no visibility.

Full definition of blind

Questions about the past tense of blind

What is the past tense of blind?
The past tense of blind is blinded.
What is the past participle of blind?
The past participle of blind is blinded.
Is blind a regular or irregular verb?
Blind is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Is blound correct?
blound is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of blind is blinded.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: blind (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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