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dazzle

[ daz-uhl ]

verb (used with object)

, daz·zled, daz·zling.
  1. to overpower or dim the vision of by intense light:

    He was dazzled by the sudden sunlight.

  2. to impress deeply; astonish with delight:

    The glorious palace dazzled him.

    Synonyms: stupefy, overpower, overwhelm, awe



verb (used without object)

, daz·zled, daz·zling.
  1. to shine or reflect brilliantly:

    gems dazzling in the sunlight.

  2. to be overpowered by light:

    Her eyes dazzled in the glare.

  3. to excite admiration by brilliance:

    Once one is accustomed to such splendor, it no longer dazzles.

noun

  1. an act or instance of dazzling:

    the dazzle of the spotlights.

  2. something that dazzles.

dazzle

/ ˈdæzəl /

verb

  1. usually tr to blind or be blinded partially and temporarily by sudden excessive light
  2. to amaze, as with brilliance

    she was dazzled by his wit

    she dazzles in this film

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. bright light that dazzles
  2. bewilderment caused by glamour, brilliance, etc

    the dazzle of fame

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdazzler, noun
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Other Words From

  • dazzler noun
  • dazzling·ly adverb
  • outdazzle verb (used with object) outdazzled outdazzling
  • over·dazzle verb overdazzled overdazzling
  • un·dazzled adjective
  • un·dazzling adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dazzle1

First recorded in 1475–85; daze + -le
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dazzle1

C15: from daze
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Example Sentences

As you put it, “Kate’s charm is less about dazzle and more about sheen.”

From Time

The show’s musical elements, including several full-song performances in each hour, dazzle.

From Time

Any stall of any possession seemed lethal given the opposition ready to take the football and dazzle.

It was a dose of dazzle for a talented offense that has seemed staid in spots this season.

But he did speak to the issue of the razzle-dazzle camera moves, at least indirectly.

That kind of behavior would be in keeping with somebody who had been slipped a date rape drug such as Midazolam, aka Dazzle.

Movies are meant to dazzle, and American Hustle does just that.

There was a kinetic energy, a vibrancy that leapt off the screen that did, indeed, dazzle.

But it was too late, as critics and audiences had already written it off once the show failed to dazzle them from the outset.

He supposed they had scoured all Jursa for a real beauty to dazzle him; but they would discover that it would not work.

But to do this I must dazzle him into giving me a great pleasure.

There lay his wife in all the finery she had arrayed herself to dazzle her fashionable acquaintances, a speechless corpse!

It did not dazzle me, however; it simply filled me, and gave me a sensation of peculiar buoyancy.

His prey would be driven out of its hiding-place by smoke, or the torch would dazzle it.

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