What is the meaning of dazzling?

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

  • 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
  • Shining intensely.
    • usage: "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun"
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