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dazzled | |
1. adj. Experiencing dazzlement; overcome by light or brilliance. | |
2. adj. (not comparable) Painted in dazzle camouflage. | |
a dazzled ship | |
dazzle | |
1. v. To confuse the sight of by means of excessive brightness. | |
Dazzled by the headlights of the lorry, the deer stopped in the middle of the street. | |
2. v. (transitive, figuratively) To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance. | |
The delegates were dazzled by the originality of his arguments. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness. | |
4. n. A light of dazzling brilliancy. | |
5. n. (figurative) Showy brilliance that may stop a person from thinking clearly. | |
6. n. (uncommon) A herd of zebra. | |