dazzle

English

Etymology

Frequentative of daze.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdæzəl/
• Rhymes: -æzəl

Verb

dazzle (third-person singular simple present dazzles, present participle dazzling, simple past and past participle dazzled)

1. (transitive) To confuse the sight of by means of excessive brightness.

   Dazzled by the headlights of the lorry, the deer stopped in the middle of the street and was run over.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.

   The delegates were dazzled by the originality of his arguments.

Derived terms

• dazzler
• dazzlement

Translations

confuse the sight

Bulgarian: заслепявам (bg) Czech: oslnit (cs) Finnish: sokaista (fi), häikäistä (fi) French: éblouir (fr) German: blenden (de) German: blenden (de) Hebrew: סנוור (he) (sinvér) Japanese: 目を眩ませる (ja) (めをくらませる, me o kuramaseru)

Latvian: apžilbināt (lv) Norwegian: blende (no), blinde (no) Portuguese: ofuscar (pt) Russian: ослеплять (ru) Spanish: obnubilar (es), encandilar (es) Welsh: dallu (cy)

figuratively

Bulgarian: смайвам (bg), поразявам (bg) Czech: oslnit (cs) Finnish: sokaista (fi) French: éblouir (fr) Japanese: 目を眩ませる (ja) (めをくらませる, me o kuramaseru)

Latvian: apžilbināt (lv) Norwegian: blende (no) Portuguese: ofuscar (pt) Russian: поражать (ru), изумлять (ru) Spanish: obnubilar (es) Welsh: syfrdanu (cy)