Dazzled

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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