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dazzle

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of dazzle

the quality or state of having or giving off light

the dazzle of the stars on a cold but clear winterʼs night

Synonyms of dazzle

brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, candor, effulgence, illumination, lambency, lightness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, luster (or lustre), lustrousness, radiance, refulgence, splendor

Words Related to dazzle

blaze, flare, flash, flicker, light

fluorescence, incandescence, luminescence

burnish, gloss, polish, sheen, shine, shininess

fire, flame, glare, glow

flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle

Near Antonyms of dazzle

dimness, gloominess, somberness

cloudiness, haziness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity

colorlessness, grayness, lackluster, paleness, shadiness, shadowiness

Antonyms of dazzle

blackness, dark, darkness, dullness (also dulness), duskiness

dazzle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of dazzle

to overpower with light

skiers were dazzled by the glare off of the slopes of freshly packed snow

Synonyms of dazzle

bedazzle, blind, daze

Words Related to dazzle

confuse, overpower, overwhelm, stun

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