Antonyms for dazzle

Grammar : Verb

Spell : daz-uhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæz əl

Definition of dazzle

Origin : late 15c., frequentative of Middle English dasen (see daze (v.)). Originally intransitive; the transitive sense is from 1530s. Related: Dazzled; dazzling.

verb confuse, amaze

Example sentences :

I will dazzle her senses with all the attractions that the globe of earth has to boast.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

I now require this of all pictures, that they domesticate me, not that they dazzle me.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

His fierce assumption of knowledge seemed to dazzle and daze the Spaniard.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

On this occasion Beatrice dressed to dazzle and intimidate one of her own sex.
Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley

He knew me to be poor, and yet saw clearly that wealth did not dazzle me.
Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever

The more indifference she showed the more he tried to dazzle her.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

A full light which brought no dazzle with it came in from the windows opposite.
Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray

She bows in the dazzle of light and kisses her hands to the crowd.
Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley

But to do this I must dazzle him into giving me a great pleasure.
Extract from : « The Hermit Of ------ Street » by Anna Katharine Green (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs)

The lights flashed on in the hall to dazzle the eyes of the audience.
Extract from : « A Son of the City » by Herman Gastrell Seely

Synonyms for dazzle

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