dazzle

1. 1.

   to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light

   “She was dazzled by the bright headlights”

   Synonymsbedazzledaze

   Broaderblind
2. 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”

   Broaderamaze

1. 1.

   brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily

   Broaderbrightness

Other forms of dazzle

plural

dazzles·

past tense

dazzled·

present participle

dazzling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dazzle

What does dazzle mean?

dazzle means "to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dazzle?

dazzle has 2 syllables: daz-zle. The stress falls on "daz". In IPA it is /ˈdæzəl/.

What is another word for dazzle?

Close synonyms include bedazzle, daze. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dazzle a common word?

dazzle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.