Dazzle
['dæz(ə)l] or ['dæzl]
Definition
(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'.
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Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Daze, blind (by excess of light).[2]. Astonish (by splendor), surprise (by brilliancy).
n. Brightness, brilliancy, splendor, dazzling light.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Daze, bewilder, confuse
ANT:Enlighten, illumine
Editor: Lou
Definition
v.t. to daze or overpower with any strong light: to confound by brilliancy beauty or cleverness.—ns. Dazz′lement the act of dazzling: that which dazzles; Dazz′ler; Dazz′ling.—adv. Dazz′lingly.
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Examples
- Mrs. Dorset might startle or dazzle him, but she had neither the skill nor the patience to effect his capture. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Nothing but the cloud of arrows flying so thick as to dazzle mine eyes, and to hide the bowmen who shoot them. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Her face was now one dazzle of released, golden light, as she looked up at him, and laid her hands full on his thighs, behind, as he stood before her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And serious, too, were his feelings, and settled were his views, apparently, for he made no petty effort to attract, dazzle, or impress. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The image, magnified by the lenses of the electric lamp, could thus be distinctly seen without being too brilliant to dazzle the eyes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Certain divine sparks in their nature dazzle my eyes, and make my soul glow. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But she shone on him with her usual tenderness, and her eyes had kept the blue dazzle of the day before. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Is it any wonder that men were dazzled and blinded and cried out against him? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Now much disturbed, and dazzled with conflicting gleams of hope and dread, I looked at her for some explanation. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Will not their eyes be dazzled, and will they not try to get away from the light to something which they are able to behold without blinking? Plato. The Republic.
- I was dazzled, stimulated: my senses were excited; and being ignorant, raw, and inexperienced, I thought I loved her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Man, dazzled, obedient shall render his homage to thee as of yore, And thou wilt stand forth in thy splendor, a goddess once more. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Helena had evidently inoculated her father's subjects with a love for flowers, as on every side the eye was dazzled with a profusion of bright tints. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A metal roof reflects so much light that the eyes are dazzled by it, and a whitewashed fence injures the eyes because of the glare which comes from the reflected light. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It looks like a fairy world, said Meg, smiling to herself, as she stood behind the curtain, watching the dazzling sight. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But the dazzling whiteness seemed to beat upon her till it hurt her, she felt the cold was slowly strangling her soul. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The Stoic tried to win men's hearts and convictions by sheer subtlety of abstract argument and dazzling sublimity of thought and expression. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And in a moment again, the broken lights scattered in explosion over her face, dazzling her; and then, almost immediately, came the second shot. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In his _Prince_ he idealized this dazzling person. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was some effect of doubtful light or shade, or of dazzling sunbeam. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Then it would pass, and Gerald would heave free, with white, heaving, dazzling movements. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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