bedazzlement
- noun
- /bɪˈdæzlmənt/
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- The magician's performance left the audience in a state of bedazzlement with its stunning illusions.
Examples
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I mean the show will be a magnificent... ...opulent, tremendous, stupendous... ...gargantuan bedazzlement!
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It is something not limited to fundamentalist Protestants; this anxiety about identity and purpose, a restlessness and hunger no amount of material superabundance and technological bedazzlement can assuage.
Academic text (2001) -
To my complete bedazzlement, he put one arm around Peggy's shoulder and one around mine and began to walk us out of the pit and up the side aisle.
Fiction book (1994) -
Standing before the grand waterfall, I was struck by a sense of bedazzlement at the sheer beauty of the scene.
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The colorful lights of the carnival created an atmosphere of bedazzlement that captivated all the visitors.
Synonyms
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1.2
A very strong feeling of surprise and wonder
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3.4
A very strong feeling of surprise and wonder
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5.8
A feeling of surprise and admiration when you see something beautiful or strange
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6.5
A feeling of great wonder and pleasure as if under a magic spell
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2.5
A feeling of wonder and surprise at something impressive or strange
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6.7
A strong feeling of being very interested and charmed by something
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4.6
A strong feeling of surprise and pleasure when you see something very beautiful or impressive
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8.4
A strong feeling of being very interested and unable to look away
A feeling of deep wonder and delight that makes you unable to look away
Antonyms
How Amazed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bedazzlement comes from the start be- plus the word dazzle, where dazzle means 'to blind' or 'to amaze' with bright light. Imagine being so impressed you are almost blinded by the sight, so bedazzlement means a state of great amazement.