Dazzle
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English
Verb
Dazzle (third-person singular simple present Dazzles, present participle dazzling, simple past and past participle dazzled)
- (transitive, figuratively) To overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.
- To render incapable of thinking clearly.
- (transitive) To confuse with bright light.
Adverbs for Dazzle
glamorously; resplendently; purposely; bewilderingly; awesomely; blindingly; fatuously; hopelessly; fatally; utterly; mildly; faintly; mutually; unspeakably; amiably; quaintly; delightfully; infinitely; excessively; exquisitely; perfectly; absolutely; ludicrously; indignantly; honestly; utterly; mutually; unutterably; speechlessly; blankly; raptly.
Synonyms for Dazzle
confound, daze, impress, overpower, blind, astonish, amaze, bewilder, astound.
Antonyms for Dazzle
Derived terms
Thesaurus
addle, addle the wits, amaze, astonish, astound, awe, awestrike, ball up, bandage, be bright, beacon, beam, becloud, bedaze, bedazzle, befuddle, beguile, benight, bewilder, bewitch, blatancy, blaze, blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, boggle, bother, bowl down, bowl over, brazenness, brilliance, bug, burn, captivate, charm, cloud, colorfulness, confound, confuse, crudeness, cut a dash, cut a figure, cut a swath, darken, dash, daze, dazzlingness, deprive of sight, diffuse light, dim, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disorganize, disorient, disturb, dumbfound, dumbfounder, eclipse, embarrass, enchant, entangle, entrance, excecate, extravagance, extravaganza, extravagation, fascinate, flabbergast, flagrancy, flamboyance, flame, flare, flash, flashiness, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fuddle, fulgurate, fuss, gaiety, garishness, gaudery, gaudiness, give light, glance, glare, gleam, glint, glitter, glow, gorgeousness, gouge, hoodwink, hypnotize, impress, incandesce, intrigue, jauntiness, jazziness, loudness, luridness, luster, magnificence, make a figure, make a show, make a splash, make blind, maze, meretriciousness, mesmerize, mist, mix up, moider, muddle, obscure, obtrusiveness, overwhelm, panache, paralyze, perplex, perturb, petrify, pother, put out, radiate, raise hell, rattle, ruffle, send out rays, sensationalism, shamelessness, shine, shine brightly, shoot, shoot out rays, showiness, snow-blind, sparkle, spellbind, splash, splendor, splurge, sportiness, stagger, startle, strike blind, strike dead, strike dumb, strike with wonder, stun, stupefy, surprise, tawdriness, throw into confusion, unsettle, upset, vulgarness
Etymology
Frequentative of daze.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdæzəl/
- Rhymes: -æzəl
