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bedazzle

[ bih-daz-uhl ]
/ bɪˈdæz əl /
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verb (used with object), be·daz·zled, be·daz·zling.
to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
to dazzle so as to blind or confuse: The glare of the headlights bedazzled him.
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Origin of bedazzle

First recorded in 1590–1600; be- + dazzle

OTHER WORDS FROM bedazzle

be·daz·zle·ment, nounbe·daz·zling·ly, adverb
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Words related to bedazzle

astound, bewilder, blind, confuse, daze, dazzle, dumbfound, enchant, overwhelm, stagger, stun

How to use bedazzle in a sentence

  • It rose lone and hollow, and yet it seemed with its sound to fill the whole enormous bowl of star-bedazzling sky above the forest.

    The Three Mulla-mulgars|Walter De La Mare

  • The companies moved in a splendour of sunshine with their arms bedazzling to look upon, their pipers playing "Bundle and Go."

    Gilian The Dreamer|Neil Munro

  • But an impatient activity urges men on, bedazzling their eyes, which at once unnerves and unfits them for reading or judging.

    The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882|Joseph Wild

  • She was laughing again and the bedazzling eyes were dancing with delight.

    The Price|Francis Lynde

British Dictionary definitions for bedazzle

bedazzle
/ (bɪˈdæzəl) /
verb
(tr) to dazzle or confuse, as with brilliance

Derived forms of bedazzle

bedazzlement, noun
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