🤩 Amazed or impressed 🌟 Blinded by light

dazzled

3.9

Unable to see clearly for a short time because bright light hits your eyes

adjective
/ˈdæzəld/

: deslumbrado

The photographer was dazzled by the bright flash from the camera.

Examples

But in the afterglow of this eclipse, literally dazzled by the the eclipse, he was temporarily blinded.
These immigrant children are dazzled by the snow, even though they were born here.
As she stepped into the spotlight, she felt dazzled by the intense lights shining on her.
He was dazzled by the glimmering stars in the clear night sky.

Synonyms

blinded

vsdazzled

3.4

Unable to see because of injury, illness, or bright light

has temporary vision impairment caused by intense light

Antonyms

unaffected

3 3.9

Not changed or harmed by something and not showing strong feeling

clear-sighted

4.7

A person or animal that can see clearly, even far away

How Blinded

blinded

3.4

dazzled

3.9

squinting

3.1

Surface Forms

dazzled positive

Morphology

dazzled = dazzle (transparent) = dazzle + ed

Formed from the verb 'dazzle' with '-ed' to indicate a temporary state of impaired vision; the derivation is straightforward.

Etymology

Dazzled comes from the old word daze, which means 'to stun' or 'to blind'. So when a very bright light hits your eyes and you cannot see clearly for a moment, you are 'dazzled'.