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
- 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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