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to bedazzle

to bedazzle

1 7.7
Stop someone from seeing for a short time with a very bright light
  • verb
  • /bɪˈdæzl/
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  • They sat the entire night in front of a console TV, dwarfed and bedazzled by the screen.

When we go from darkness to light, we are bedazzled and we have a difficult time actually seeing things in front of us.

Examples

  • And my own eyes were bedazzled.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • When we go from darkness to light, we are bedazzled and we have a difficult time actually seeing things in front of us.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • "Thy passage through the streets of fire-domed Matherion would stop the hearts of all who behold thee, for thou art fair, and thy beauty doth bedazzle mine eye beyond all measure." "Well said," Sparhawk murmured.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The bright stage lights bedazzled the audience during the performance.

  • As the fireworks exploded in the night sky, they bedazzled everyone watching.

  • Walking into the museum, she was bedazzled by the stunning displays of art and light.

Synonyms

to dazzle
vsto bedazzle
6 4.1

To make someone unable to see clearly because of a very bright light

also produces short confusion as well as brief visual loss
to daze
vsto bedazzle
2 4.3

To make someone confused and unable to think clearly

creates confusion by strong bright light rather than by shock

How Blinding

to blind
104 3.7
to bedazzle
1 7.7
dazzle
11 5.6
to glare
4 3.3
to flash
89 1.0

Surface Forms

bedazzle infinitive
bedazzled past
bedazzled past participle
bedazzling present participle
bedazzles third person singular

Morphology

bedazzle = dazzle (transparent) = be + dazzle

Formed by the productive prefix 'be-' + the verb 'dazzle'; learners who know 'dazzle' can infer a causative/intensive meaning.

Etymology

Bedazzle is made from the small prefix be- (which means 'make') plus dazzle, a word from the idea of bright light that makes you 'daze' and cannot see. So to bedazzle can mean to 'make' someone temporarily blind or confused by a strong light.