dazzle
pronunciation
How to pronounce dazzle in British English:
UK [ˈdæzl]
How to pronounce dazzle in American English:
US [ˈdæzl]
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- Noun:
- brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily
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- Verb:
- to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
- amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill
Word Origin
- dazzle (v.)
- late 15c., frequentative of Middle English dasen (see daze (v.)). Originally intransitive; the transitive sense is from 1530s. Related: Dazzled; dazzling.
Example
- 1. There are too few such inspirational figures around today to dazzle and excite .
- 2. It was midday and we came across a dazzle of zebras approaching a waterhole to quench their thirst .
- 3. The novels of proust and joyce were written in a cultural twilight and were not intended to be read under the blaze and dazzle of popularity .
- 4. Before their shock and dazzle fades , he races on to discuss the success of mosquito nets in africa , how indian students read more ( and thicker ) textbooks than their european counterparts , and the latest trends in cancer rates in vietnam and mobile-phone innovation in sudan .
- 5. Do mermaid eyes.shimmering ocean blue and aqua green shadows dazzle against any eye color .