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bedazzlement

8.1

A short time of not being able to see clearly because of very bright light

noun
/bɪˈdæzlmənt/

: deslumbramiento

After stepping outside into the sunlight, she experienced a brief bedazzlement before her eyes adjusted.

Examples

The sudden bedazzlement from the camera flash made it hard to see for a moment.
Drivers should be careful of bedazzlement when turning toward the setting sun.
The bedazzlement of the fireworks left the audience speechless.
She felt a moment of bedazzlement when the sun hit the water.
After stepping outside into the sunlight, she experienced a brief bedazzlement before her eyes adjusted.
The sudden bedazzlement from the camera flash made it hard to see for a moment.
Drivers should be careful of bedazzlement when turning toward the setting sun.

Synonyms

dazzle

vsbedazzlement

11 5.6

A very bright light that makes it hard to see

is about the temporary state of visual confusion or impairment after bright light

dazzlement

vsbedazzlement

6.9

A short loss of sight caused by a sudden bright light

is the same meaning but a different word form

glary

vsbedazzlement

8.8

A bright light that is so strong it hurts your eyes

is the temporary visual confusion or impairment caused by extremely bright light

Antonyms

focus

794 3.5

Close attention to one subject or activity

clarity

30 2.7

How easy it is to see through something like clean water

How Dazzled

blindness

70 3.1

bedazzlement

8.1

dazzle

11 5.6

glare

37 3.3

to flash

Literature

102 3.0

Surface Forms

bedazzlement singular

bedazzlements plural

Morphology

bedazzlement = bedazzle (transparent) = be + dazzle + ment

A direct nominalization of 'bedazzle' referring to the state produced by dazzling (e.g., visual impairment from bright light).

Etymology

Bedazzlement comes from be- plus dazzle, and dazzle means 'to blind' with bright light. So bedazzlement can mean the short confusion or loss of sight you feel when a light is too bright.