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dazzling

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daz·zle  (dzl)
v. daz·zled, daz·zling, daz·zles
v.tr.
1. To dim the vision of, especially to blind with intense light.
2. To amaze, overwhelm, or bewilder with spectacular display: a figure skater who dazzled the audience with virtuosic jumps.
v.intr.
1. To become blinded.
2. To inspire admiration or wonder.
n.
The act of dazzling or the state of being dazzled.

[Frequentative of daze.]

dazzler n.
dazzling·ly adv.

dazzling [ˈdæzlɪŋ]
adj
1. so bright as to blind someone temporarily
2. extremely clever, attractive, or impressive; brilliant; amazing
dazzlingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.dazzlingdazzling - 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
impressive - making a strong or vivid impression; "an impressive ceremony"
2.dazzling - shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun"
bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"

dazzling
Translations
dazzling [ˈdæzlɪŋ] ADJ (lit, fig) → deslumbrante
dazzling [ˈdæzlɪŋ] adj
[light] → aveuglant(e); [headlights] → aveuglant(e)
[smile, display] → éblouissant(e); [performance] → éblouissant(e)
dazzling
adj (lit)blendend
dazzling [ˈdæzlɪŋ] adj (light) → abbagliante; (colour) → violento/a; (smile) → smagliante
dazzling [ˈdæzlɪŋ] adj (light) → abbagliante; (colour) → violento/a; (smile) → smagliante


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Those of them that were spotted with white reflected the sunshine in dazzling brilliancy, and the polished brass knobs of their horns glittered with something of military display.
And I think that was the vision that had remained with him always, dazzling his eyes so that he could not see the truth; and notwithstanding the brutality of fact, he continued to see with the eyes of the spirit an Italy of romantic brigands and picturesque ruins.
She was tall and of slender figure, and of a dazzling whiteness.
 
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