"dazzle" meaning in English

See dazzle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: dazzle [canonical], dazzles [third-person, singular], dazzled [past], dazzled [past, participle], dazzling [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|dazzl|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To dazzle is to confuse by making a visual display which is hard to understand.
    She was dazzled by the lights she saw.
    Sense id: simple-dazzle-en-verb-7VhQ-taa
  2. The verb 'to dazzle' can be used figuratively or metaphorically:
    She was dazzled by his personality.
    Sense id: simple-dazzle-en-verb-Qc-rHF7b
     
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