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dazzle
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As a verb, dazzle means confuse the sight of by means of excessive brightness. As a noun, it means a light of dazzling brilliancy.
Meanings of dazzle
10 meaningsverb
To confuse the sight of by means of excessive brightness.
“Dazzled by the headlights of the lorry, the deer stopped in the middle of the street.”
figurativelyTo 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.
Amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill
“Her arguments dazzled everyone”
“The dancer dazzled the audience with his turns and jumps”
noun
A light of dazzling brilliancy.
figurativeShowy brilliance that may stop a person from thinking clearly.
uncommonA herd of zebra.
Dazzle camouflage.
Brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).