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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dazzle \Daz"zle\, verb (used with an object) [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.
Those heavenly shapes Will dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze Insufferably bright. --Milton.
An unreflected light did never yet Dazzle the vision feminine. --Sir H. Taylor.
2. To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. ''Dazzled and drove back his enemies.'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dazzle \Daz"zle\, verb (used without an object)
1. To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.
Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design. --Pope.
2. To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle. --Bacon.
I dare not trust these eyes; They dance in mists, and dazzle with surprise. --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dazzle \Daz"zle\, noun A light of dazzling brilliancy.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dazzle
noun: brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily
verb
1: to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights" [syn: {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"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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