Dazzle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To dim the vision of, especially to blind with intense light.
  • v. To amaze, overwhelm, or bewilder with spectacular display: a figure skater who dazzled the audience with virtuosic jumps.
  • verb-intransitive. To become blinded.
  • verb-intransitive. To inspire admiration or wonder.
  • n. The act of dazzling or the state of being dazzled.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To confuse the sight of by means of excessive brightness.
  • v. To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.
  • n. A light of dazzling brilliancy.
  • n. A herd of zebra.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.
  • v. To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind.
  • verb-intransitive. To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.
  • verb-intransitive. To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
  • n. A light of dazzling brilliancy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To overpower with light; hinder distinct vision of by intense light; dim, as the sight, by excess of light.
  • Figuratively, to overpower or confound by splendor or brilliancy, or with show or display of any kind.
  • To be stupefied; be mentally confused.
  • To be overpowered by light; become unsteady or waver, as the sight.
  • To be overpoweringly or blindingly bright.
  • Figuratively, to excite admiration by brilliancy or showy qualities which overbear criticism.
  • n. Brightness; splendor; excess of light.
  • n. Meretricious display; brilliancy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
  • v. amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill
  • n. brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily
  • Verb Form
    dazzled    dazzles    dazzling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    blind    astound    astonish    amaze    brightness   
    Cross Reference
    showy   
    Form
    dazzled    dazzling    dazzlement    dazzler   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    confuse    daze    blind    bedazzle    overpower    stupefy    dazzlement    confusion    brilliancy    brightness   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Basil    basil    frazzle    razzle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    brilliant    radiant    vivid    glorious    wondrous    dim    heavenly    scarlet    sparkle    stun