Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To dazzle so completely as to make blind.
- v. To please irresistibly; enchant.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To dazzle by too strong a light; blind or render incapable of seeing clearly by excess of light.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To dazzle or make dim by a strong light.
WordNet 3.0
- v. to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
Examples
“Lofty numbers bedazzle authorizers and lure fat checks from foundations and trustees.”
“No doubt you will both treasure your choice of a vintage engagement ring for a long time to come as they ooze character with a wide variety of styles, shapes, stones and carats that will certainly bedazzle, shimmer and shine.”
“We learned how to bedazzle the Bis before the Bedazzler was invented.”
The Huffington Post: Shira Hirschman Weiss: Long Skirts: Strolling the Runway and Memory Lane
“Vajazzling, for those still blissfully in the dark, is the application of glitter and crystal on to the waxed pubic area of a woman; vagina plus bedazzle, innit?”
“Back to my favorite new show -- is there anything these people don't bedazzle?”
“Heidi feels that the extra hours she gave them were only used in this case to bedazzle the outfits.”
“And for those of us that would rather bedazzle a box, or make a Popsicle stick barn, than do homework, the good news is, it can be really really great for your kids!”
“At the end of the strange catacombs where our heroes were trying to find their way was a large cave where a hydra was guarding the valuables that they were supposed to collect for Hoge Jan. Though Paythan and Ulfgar did think it was a very good idea to attack the monster, and Fabi was thinking of ways to bedazzle the creature with magic to avoid confrontation, Yng became impatient and simply attacked.”
“I wonder if there is a section on how to “bedazzle” a sweat jacket?”
“It'll be hard to get Fox to get a head/shoulder pundit shot of you in those free ASICS running shoes you wore on the cover of Newsweek, but you could pull a Madeleine Albright and bedazzle a different designer brooch each time you're on ... and get paid for it!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bedazzle’.
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Sue's favorite words
panache, flair, pantaloons, periwinkle, pumpernickel, persnickety, cachet, coquette, élan, iris, ambrosia, keen and 99 more...
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Belistful
Tubey or not tubey.
belittle, bedazzle, besiege, besmirch, bespeckle, beget, bemoan, befuddle, befriend, become, besot, becloud and 596 more...
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theastic's Words
cellar, stalemate, wrought, opal, tyrant, squelch, squab, linen, tartan, paisley, scope, siren and 395 more...
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dark and bright words of shine and fi...
scotophil, scotoma, scotia, shed, shadow, shade, scone, whiting, edelweiss, light, lightning, lucina and 349 more...
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diplopic, dolorous, farrago, surety, scuttlebutt, Arabesque, infarct, neurasthenia, lambent, expurge, univocal, simper and 395 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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oddball
wackadoodlery.
( personal list )
related (from me):
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/onomatopoeias--1
bric-a-brac, succotash, humbucker, skedaddle, scallywag, sassafras, gadzooks, humdinger, hoity-toity, wishy-washy, namby-pamby, ding dong and 436 more...
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Light to Surface Interaction
gloss, reflect, shine, bedazzle, mirror, glossy, polished, glint
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Glittering
sparkle, coruscate, scintillate, glean, shimmer, radiate, incandesce, glow, bedazzle, twinkle, glint, glisten
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Queue 01
deft, agnosticism, tract, abstinence, brood, repugnant, dispositive, pyrrhic, apoplectic, canard, shiv, moocher and 56 more...
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Good Words
transvestite, bitch, duende, tautology, rhubarb, ennui, saucy, euphemistic, enigma, bedazzle, apotheosis, besmirch and 9 more...
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Zz....
Fuzzy! Fizzy! And lots of pizzazz!
puzzle, pizza, piazza, nuzzle, nozzle, swizzle, frizz, drizzle, dazzle, pizazz, sizzle, mizzenmast and 70 more...
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Belist
Be- verbs (or verbals).
Words bewet through becalm were gratefully cribbed from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be-bewitch, bedeck, bedaub, become, bewilder, beknight, bereave, believe, behead, besiege, bespeak, befriend and 53 more...
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twinkle twinkle little star
twinkle, luster, brilliancy, sheen, shiny, glitter, glimmer, sparkle, bedazzle, shimmer, glisten
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nycanthro See also: The Bedazzler. Mar 5, 2009