dazzlement
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- noun
- /ˈdæzəlmənt/
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deslumbramiento
- Thank God for people like you; where I am, there are hardly any people sane enough to see past Edward's scintillating dazzlement and realize what crap they're reading.
Examples
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"We will see a little later that it is this dazzlement that greatly interests Jean-Pierre Bertrand.
Academic text (2004) -
This Lamberton Marsh, standing next to Lucette in her pale cotton dress, peered out of the photograph in a sort of dazzlement, as if he were struck stock-still by something more than that bright sunlight.
Fiction book (2000) -
I had to fight off the dazzlement.
Fiction book (1995) -
The full flower is a rare and wondrous dazzlement.
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The absolute dazzlement...
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Is that why it gives us such a spinal thrill, such a sensation of dizziness but also of dazzlement, hilarity, joy, and consternation?
Fiction book (2002) -
Its illustration shows the wedded twosome mawkishly holding hands and staring out of their spaceship window at astral dazzlement.
Fiction book (1993) -
It is true that such female dazzlement occurs elsewhere in Hardy, "The Fiddler of the Reels" and the dance scene in The Return of the Native being only two of the most prominent examples.
Fiction book (1996) -
The dazzling display of fireworks left everyone in a state of dazzlement.
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As she stepped into the art gallery, the sheer beauty of the paintings filled her with dazzlement.
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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8.4
A strong feeling of being very interested and unable to look away
A strong feeling of wonder and surprise at a very bright or impressive sight
Antonyms
How Dazzled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dazzlement comes from the verb dazzle, which originally meant to 'blind' or 'stun' someone with light and is closely linked to the common word daze. So, when you feel dazzlement at a performance or view, you are 'blinded' in a good way—amazed and speechless.