Dazzling
['dæzlɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning; 'the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps'; 'these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth'- Janet Flanner; 'adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous'- Idwal Jones .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dazzle
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Examples
- 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 .
- Revenge and rehabilitation might be hers at a stroke--there was something dazzling in the completeness of the opportunity. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The previous year she had made a dazzling debut fringed by a heavy thunder-cloud of bills. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He was putting it up, when she said, 'I think it is a cramped, dazzling sort of writing. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Five years had failed to destroy the dazzling unreality of passion. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- How far as yet was it anything more than a dazzling but transitory flourish of his own magnificent self? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It must be dazzling loveliness indeed, thought I, to cause such emotion in the breast of so radiant a beauty as Phaidor, daughter of Matai Shang. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I was in a fair way to win, now, for it was a dazzling opportunity for an Arab. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It shone out with dazzling brightness against the murky, starless sky. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- At last, we were seated in places commanding a good general view of that vast and dazzling, but warm and cheerful hall. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- One of the immense suite of rooms formed a delicious, refreshing contrast to the dazzling brilliancy of all the others. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mrs Boffin replied: '“The gay, the gay and festive scene, The halls, the halls of dazzling light. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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