dazzle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily
  2. verb to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
    bedazzle; daze.
    • She was dazzled by the bright headlights
  3. 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

WordNet

Daz"zle transitive verb
Etymology
Freq. of daze.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dazzled ; present participle & verbal noun Dazzling
Definitions
  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.
Daz"zle intransitive verb
Definitions
  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.
Daz"zle noun
Definitions
  1. A light of dazzling brilliancy.

Webster 1913