dazzle.
To confuse or overpower the sight of (someone or something, such as a sensor) by means of excessive brightness.
Meaning & usage
To confuse or overpower the sight of (someone or something, such as a sensor) by means of excessive brightness.
Dazzled by the headlights of the lorry, the deer stopped in the middle of the street.
Antidrone lasers can burn or dazzle a drone's sensors.
To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.
The delegates were dazzled by the originality of his arguments.
To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
Where this word comes from
From daze + -le, a frequentative form.
A light of dazzling brilliancy.
Showy brilliance that may stop a person from thinking clearly.
A herd of zebra.
Dazzle camouflage.
Where this word comes from
From daze + -le, a frequentative form.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.