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Daz·zle v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazzled p. pr. & vb. n. Dazzling ]
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.”
dazzling
adj 1: amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of
lightning; "the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps";
"these great best canvases still look as astonishing
and as invitingly new as they did...when...his
fulgurant popularity was in full growth"- Janet
Flanner; "adventures related...in a style both vivid
and fulgurous"- Idwal Jones [syn: eye-popping, fulgurant,
fulgurous]
2: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights";
"dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the
glaring sun" [syn: blazing, blinding, fulgent, glaring,
glary]