dazzle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily
Types & categories
- brightness hypernym
Related & opposite
- dazzle derivation
Sense 2 verb
to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
She was dazzled by the bright headlights
Types & categories
- blind hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill
Her arguments dazzled everyone
Types & categories
- amaze hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dazzle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | brightness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dazzle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | daze |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | blind |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | amaze |