What is the meaning of dazzled?

verb

  • To cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light.
    • usage: "She was dazzled by the bright headlights"
  • Amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill.
    • usage: "Her arguments dazzled everyone"; "The dancer dazzled the audience with his turns and jumps"

adjective

  • Having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light.
    • usage: "she shut her dazzled eyes against the sun's brilliance"
  • 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
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