BLINDSIDES Synonyms

• affect with wonder

• affect with wonder

• be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

• mistake one thing for another

• brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily

• to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light

• amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill

• To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.

• excite suddenly and intensely

• charge (a conductor) with electricity

• equip for use with electricity

• overcome with amazement

• the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

• the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

• a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body

• (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor

• an instance of agitation of the earth's crust

• an unpleasant or disappointing surprise

• a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field

• a bushy thick mass (especially hair)

• a sudden jarring impact

• a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses

• surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• strike with horror or terror

• collide violently

• collect or gather into shocks

• subject to electrical shocks

• inflict a trauma upon

• a sudden involuntary movement

• to stimulate to action

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

• hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag

• overcome as with astonishment or disbelief

• make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

• the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you

• a sudden unexpected event

• the act of surprising someone

• cause to be surprised

• come upon or take unawares

• attack by storm; attack suddenly

• the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)

• a single chance or instance

• the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

• bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something

• casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly

• propel through the air

• move violently, energetically, or carelessly

• to remove

• place or put with great energy

• convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture

• cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

• put or send forth

• to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly

• cause to be confused emotionally

• utter with force; utter vehemently

• organize or be responsible for

• make on a potter's wheel

• cause to fall off

• throw (a die) out onto a flat surface

• be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly