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DAZZLING
blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary
(adjective) shining intensely; “the blazing sun”; “blinding headlights”; “dazzling snow”; “fulgent patterns of sunlight”; “the glaring sun”
dazzling, eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous
(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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
dazzling
present participle of dazzle
Adjective
dazzling (comparative more dazzling, superlative most dazzling)
Shining intensely.
Splendid; brilliant
Superlative; astounding
Noun
dazzling (plural dazzlings)
The action of the verb to dazzle; dazzlement
Source: Wiktionary
DAZZLE
Daz"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dazzling.] Etym: [Freq. of daze.]
1. To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light. Those heavenly shapes Will dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze Insufferably bright. Milton. An unreflected light did never yet Dazzle the vision feminine. Sir H. Taylor.
2. To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. "Dazzled and drove back his enemies." Shak.
Daz"zle, v. i.
1. To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy. Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design. Pope.
2. To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness. An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle. Bacon. I dare not trust these eyes; They dance in mists, and dazzle with surprise. Dryden.
Daz"zle, n.
Definition: A light of dazzling brilliancy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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