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dazzling

adj · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈdæz.l̩.ɪŋ/
  • /ˈdæz.lɪŋ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: D AE1 Z AH0 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily; bright to the degree that dazzles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Very brilliant or splendid in display; that dazzles the mind of the observer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The action of the verb to dazzle; dazzlement

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

present participle and gerund of dazzle

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

shining intensely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the blazing sun
  • blinding headlights
  • dazzling snow
  • fulgent patterns of sunlight
  • the glaring sun

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blazing, blinding, fulgent, glaring, glary

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning- Janet Flanner- Idwal Jones

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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
  • adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

dazzle + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ослепителен (oslepitelen) — shining intensely
  • Chinese: 刺眼 (cìyǎn) — shining intensely
  • Czech: oslepující — shining intensely
  • Czech: zářivý — shining intensely
  • Esperanto: blindiga — shining intensely
  • German: blendend — shining intensely
  • German: grell — shining intensely
  • Ingrian: häikävä — shining intensely
  • Ingrian: häikävälliin — shining intensely
  • Lisu: ꓟꓬꓱꓼ ꓟꓬꓱꓼ (mjø̱̀ mjø̱̀) — shining intensely
  • Lisu: ꓐꓬꓱꓼ ꓡꓱꓼ ꓡꓱꓼ (bjø̱̀ lø̱̀ lø̱̀) — shining intensely
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blendende — shining intensely
  • Persian: درخشان (deraxšān) — shining intensely
  • Russian: ослепляющий (oslepljajuščij) — shining intensely
  • Spanish: clarífico — shining intensely
  • Vietnamese: sáng chói — shining intensely
  • Bulgarian: смайващ (smajvašt) — splendid
  • Bulgarian: зашеметяващ (zašemetjavašt) — splendid
  • Catalan: enlluernador — splendid
  • Czech: velkolepý — splendid
  • Czech: ohromující — splendid
  • Galician: resplandecente — splendid
  • German: betörend — splendid
  • German: bezaubernd — splendid
  • German: blendend — splendid
  • German: umwerfend — splendid
  • German: verblüffend — splendid
  • Italian: affascinante — splendid
  • Italian: stupefacente — splendid
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blendende — splendid
  • Russian: великолепный (velikolepnyj) — splendid
  • Russian: ослепительный (oslepitelʹnyj) — splendid
  • Russian: поразительный (porazitelʹnyj) — splendid
  • Spanish: clarífico — splendid
  • Vietnamese: sáng chói — splendid