from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
dazzled
adj 1: having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense
light; "she shut her dazzled eyes against the sun's
brilliance"
2: stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering; "I fall back
dazzled at beholding myself all rosy red, / At having, I
myself, caused the sun to rise."- `Chanticler' by Rostand
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dazzle \Daz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dazzled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dazzling}.] [Freq. of daze.]
1. To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by
brilliance of light.
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Those heavenly shapes
Will dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze
Insufferably bright. --Milton.
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An unreflected light did never yet
Dazzle the vision feminine. --Sir H.
Taylor.
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2. To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any
kind. "Dazzled and drove back his enemies." --Shak.
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