Dazzle

[DazĀ·zle]

To dazzle is to blind someone for a moment with light, like a deer in the headlights. You can also dazzle by impressing people, and not just by wearing a sparkly sequined shirt.

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To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.

Noun
brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily

Verb
amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill; "Her arguments dazzled everyone"; "The dancer dazzled the audience with his turns and jumps"

Verb
to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights"


v. t.
To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.

v. t.
To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind.

v. i.
To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.

v. i.
To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.

n.
A light of dazzling brilliancy.


Dazzle

Daz"zle , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazzled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dazzling .] [Freq. of daze.] 1. To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.
Those heavenly shapes Will dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze Insufferably bright.
An unreflected light did never yet Dazzle the vision feminine.
2. To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. "Dazzled and drove back his enemies." Shak.

Dazzle

Daz"zle, v. i. 1. To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.
Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design.
2. To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle.
I dare not trust these eyes; They dance in mists, and dazzle with surprise.

Dazzle

Daz"zle, n. A light of dazzling brilliancy.

To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.

To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.

A light of dazzling brilliancy.

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Usage Examples

But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.

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