Home › Words › D › dazzledazzle/ˈdæzəl/dazzle means A light of dazzling brilliancy.dazzle is pronounced /ˈdæzəl/.EtymologyFrom daze + -le, a frequentative form.nounA light of dazzling brilliancy.Showy brilliance that may stop a person from thinking clearly.A herd of zebra.Dazzle camouflage.verbTo confuse or overpower the sight of (someone or something, such as a sensor) by means of excessive brightness.e.g.“Dazzled by the headlights of the lorry, the deer stopped in the middle of the street.”To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.e.g.“The delegates were dazzled by the originality of his arguments.”To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.e.g.“For we see, that an over-light maketh the Eyes dazel, insomuch as perpetual looking against the Sun, would cause blindness.” — 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: or, A Natural History in Ten Centuries:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dazzled 82% match — Experiencing dazzlement; overcome by light or brilliance. vs dazzle →bedazzle 82% match — To confuse or disarm by dazzling. vs dazzle →dazzling 80% match — Extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily; bright to the degree that dazzles. vs dazzle →dazzlement 77% match — A burst or flash of light; a cause of dazzling. vs dazzle →adazzle 76% match — Illuminated so as to dazzle. vs dazzle →endazzle 73% match — To dazzle. vs dazzle →dazzler 72% match — One who or that which dazzles; something spectacular. vs dazzle →bedazzlingly 70% match — So as to bedazzle; stunningly bright or glamorous. vs dazzle →