dazzle
verb/ˈdæzl/
/ˈdæzl/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dazzle | /ˈdæzl/ /ˈdæzl/ |
| he / she / it dazzles | /ˈdæzlz/ /ˈdæzlz/ |
| past simple dazzled | /ˈdæzld/ /ˈdæzld/ |
| past participle dazzled | /ˈdæzld/ /ˈdæzld/ |
| -ing form dazzling | /ˈdæzlɪŋ/ /ˈdæzlɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] dazzle (somebody) if a strong light dazzles you, it is so bright that you cannot see for a short time synonym blind
- I was momentarily dazzled by the strong sunlight.
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- [transitive] dazzle somebody to impress somebody a lot with your beauty, skill, etc.
- He was dazzled by the warmth of her smile.
- She knows a lot of famous people and tried to dazzle me with their names.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘be dazzled’): frequentative of the verb daze.
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