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Synonyms for dazzle

Most common

confuse astonish bewilder befuddle

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

2. Impress — to render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance

impress, overpower

Noun

1. Group of zebras

zeal, herd

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.

    The delegates were dazzled by the originality of his arguments.

  2. v. 2

    To confuse or overpower the sight of (someone or something, such as a sensor) by means of excessive brightness.

    Antidrone lasers can burn or dazzle a drone's sensors.

  3. n. 1

    A light of dazzling brilliancy.

Related words

Word family
dazzler
Phrases
dazzle camouflage
Is a kind of
blind

Forms

Plural
dazzles → zeals, herds, gleams, splendors…
Past participle
dazzled
e.g. dazzled → bewildered, confused, astonished, befuddled…

Example sentences

  • confuse One should not confuse education with job training.
  • astonish You always astonish me with your unexpected arrivals.
  • befuddle In the event that you can't persuade them, befuddle them.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dazzlerising
confusesteady
astonishsteady
bewildersteady
befuddlerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
herd1, stun1, zeal1, daze1
5 letters
blind1, flare1, glare1, amaze2, gleam1
6 letters
arrest2, muddle2, baffle2, fuddle2
7 letters
impress2, confuse2, stagger2, perturb2, perplex2, fluster2, ardency
8 letters
surprise2, splendor2, confound2, astonish3, entangle3, bewilder3, bedazzle, befuddle3
9 letters
embarrass3, overpower4, splendour
10 letters
disconcert3
11 letters
flabbergast3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amaze2 = 2 syllables).

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