dazzling
/'dæzliɳ/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Extremely bright, shining with a powerful light that is difficult to look at: Describes something that emits or reflects a very intense, brilliant light.
- Extremely impressive, skillful, or beautiful, often to the point of being overwhelming: Describes something that causes great admiration or astonishment through its excellence or splendor.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective (Brightness):
- The dazzling headlights of the oncoming car forced me to look away.
- She wore a dress covered in dazzling sequins that sparkled under the stage lights.
- Adjective (Impressive):
- The magician finished his act with a dazzling display of skill.
- The company reported dazzling financial results for the quarter.
Advanced Usage
- "dazzling array of...": An extremely impressive and varied collection.
- The market offered a dazzling array of spices and textiles.
- "dazzling speed": An astonishingly fast rate.
- The new processor completes calculations with dazzling speed.
Variants and Related Words
- Dazzle (verb): To impress greatly or to blind temporarily with bright light.
- The performance dazzled the audience.
- Dazzlingly (adverb): In a dazzling manner.
- The palace was dazzlingly decorated for the ceremony.
Synonyms
- Blinding: So bright as to obscure vision.
- Brilliant: Very bright or exceptionally clever.
- Astonishing: Extremely surprising or impressive.
- Breathtaking: Astonishingly beautiful or impressive.
Related Phrases
- Dazzle with: To greatly impress someone with a particular quality.
- He dazzled the interview panel with his knowledge and confidence.
Adjective
- shining intensely
- the blazing sun
- blinding headlights
- dazzling snow
- fulgent patterns of sunlight
- the glaring sun
- 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