as in brilliance
the quality or state of having or giving off light
the dazzle of the stars on a cold but clear winter's night
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Recent Examples of dazzle
Karina Hoshikawa, Refinery29, 22 Sep. 2025
Joan and Luke had a love that was all fireworks and sexy dazzle; after Luke died, Joan married Larry, who was all ordinary-guy solidity.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
Deanna Pai, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
Cut timing can affect the quality of your cut flowers, ensuring your blooms dazzle for days, rather than wilting before their time.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Lastly, liquid eyeliners in silver and gold dazzle with a single gaze across the room.
—Karina Hoshikawa, Refinery29, 22 Sep. 2025
Joan and Luke had a love that was all fireworks and sexy dazzle; after Luke died, Joan married Larry, who was all ordinary-guy solidity.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
The packaging was designed in collaboration with a premier French glassmaker to dazzle with subtle shimmer glistening through the tube.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
Cut timing can affect the quality of your cut flowers, ensuring your blooms dazzle for days, rather than wilting before their time.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dazzle
Noun
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After the game of a lifetime, few would have begrudged Guglielmo Vicario the chance to revel in his brilliance.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Sanders said of Ohtani's brilliance.—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The only way to get to the bottom of their motives is not to let their enchanting words blind you.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Tesfaye appears to be the one blinded by bias, not Weiss.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While the stellar extent of the galaxy is normally only shown to overlap with the bright dusty disk, superior techniques can reveal the low surface-brightness halo and streams around it.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Oct. 2025
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Magnitude is the scale used to measure the apparent brightness of objects in the night sky.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Those close to me were stunned by my transformation.—
Connie Bennett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Rafael and Deneane Hancock, who took first place, stunned the crowd with a C-Walk midway through their second scored couples dance.—
Alexa Stone
Updated October 21,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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So, astronomers have come up with a compromise regarding the geometry of the sun's illumination angle on Venus' disk versus its distance from Earth to determine the time of Venus' greatest brilliancy.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Family circles will have wrapped themselves in the holy pleasures of the great occasion, and everywhere the grand old holiday will have been introduced with all the majesty and brilliancy which clings around the hallowed name of Christmas.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Yet in others, there’s the lightness of an untouched base.—
Grace Edquist,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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Hemmerle is known for its sculptural designs fused with technical ingenuity, often using unexpected metals—like copper, bronze, and aluminum—to achieve distinct tones and lightness.—
Jill Newman,
Robb Report,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Dazzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dazzle. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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