dazzle

5 definitions found

dazzle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dazzle \Daz"zle\, v. i.
     1. To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite
        admiration by brilliancy.
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              Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design. --Pope.
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     2. To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of
        brightness.
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              An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle.  --Bacon.
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              I dare not trust these eyes;
              They dance in mists, and dazzle with surprise.
                                                    --Dryden.
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  Dazzle \Daz"zle\, n.
     A light of dazzling brilliancy.
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  Dazzle \Daz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazzled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Dazzling.] [Freq. of daze.]
     1. To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by
        brilliance of light.
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              Those heavenly shapes
              Will dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze
              Insufferably bright.                  --Milton.
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              An unreflected light did never yet
              Dazzle the vision feminine.           --Sir H.
                                                    Taylor.
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     2. To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any
        kind. "Dazzled and drove back his enemies." --Shak.
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dazzle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dazzle
      n 1: brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily
      v 1: to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from
           intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights"
           [syn: dazzle, bedazzle, daze]
      2: 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"

dazzle - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  162 Moby Thesaurus words for "dazzle":
     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