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Definition: Dazzled |
DazzledAdjective1. Having vision overcome temporarily by or as if by intense light; "she shut her dazzled eyes against the sun's brilliance". 2. Stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering; "I fall back dazzled at beholding myself all rosy red, / At having, I myself, caused the sun to rise."- `Chanticler' by Rostand. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dazzled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Crosswords: Dazzled |
| English words defined with "dazzled": bedazzle ♦ Dasewe, daze, dazzle ♦ Parade rest. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | He dazzled me with some pretty jive (THAT'S KILLER JOE; performing artist: Manhattan Transfer) IF I'M LOOKING KIND OF DAZZLED (DON'T GET ME WRONG; performing artist: The Pretenders) | |
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| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The Thenardiess was dazzled by one of those unexpected flashes which emanate from talent |
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| "Dazzled" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 54.48% of the time. "Dazzled" is used about 134 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 54.48% | 73 | 39,105 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 38.81% | 52 | 47,145 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5.22% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.49% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 134 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "dazzled": be dazzled ♦ i was dazzled. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "dazzled": death-dazzled, fire-dazzled. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dazzled | 12 |
bead dazzled | 4 |
columbia.com dazzled | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dazzled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | مغرور (allured, arrogant, cocky, conceited, deceived, deluded, fooled, haughty, lured, misled, overweening, popinjay, proud, self-conceited, self-important, snobbish, vain, vainglorious), مبهور (be dazzled, breathless, dazed, gasping). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | заслепен съм (be dazzled). (various references) | |
Chinese | 眩 (ape, dizzy), 眴 (dizzy, monkey), 目炫 (Dazzle, Dazzling). (various references) | |
Czech | být omámený (be dazed, be dazzled). (various references) | |
Finnish | sokaistua (be blinded, be dazzled, be infatuated). (various references) | |
French | essoufflant, aveuglant. (various references) | |
German | geblendet. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוכ" ס ורים (blindfolded), מסו ור. (various references) | |
Hungarian | elvakított, elkápráztatott. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ちょび髭 (a topknot, at a glance, bits and pieces, by accident, dot, drop by drop, easy, flickering, fluttering, frizzily, in trickles, intermittently, point, short mustache, simple, small mustache, sparsely, to be dazzled, to flicker, to flit, to litter). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ちらつく (to be dazzled, to flicker, to flit, to litter). (various references) | |
Korean | 눈을 부시게 하". (various references) | |
Pig Latin | azzledday.(various references) | |
Russian | ослеплять ослепленный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | biti zbunjen (abash, be dazzled, be puzzled), bio sam zaslepljen (dazzle: I was dazzled). (various references) | |
Spanish | estar deslumbrado (be dazzled). (various references) | |
Swedish | bländas (be dazzled, dazzle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "dazzled": bedazzled, outdazzled. (additional references) | |
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"Dazzled" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dazel, dazled, dizzle, Dozzel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dazzled" (pronounced da"zuld) |
| 5 | -a" z u l d | frazzled. |
| 4 | -z u l d | chiseled, embezzled, fizzled, grizzled, muzzled, puzzled, sizzled. |
| 3 | -u l d | addled, ambled, angled, annulled, assembled, babbled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, bedraggled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, boggled, bottled, bridled, bristled, bubbled, buckled, bundled, bungled, cabled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, cobbled, coddled, commingled, corbelled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumbled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dabbled, dangled, dialed, dibbled, dimpled, disabled, disassembled, jangled, jostled, juggled, jumbled, kindled, knuckled, labeled, labelled, ladled, leveled, levelled, libeled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, doubled, dribbled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, emerald, empaneled, enabled, enameled, encircled, enfeebled, entangled, entitled, equaled, fabled, fiddled, flanneled, fondled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, fumbled, funneled, gambled, garbled, giggled, gobbled, grappled, grumbled, haggled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, hobbled, huddled, humbled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, intermingled, mangled, manhandled, marbled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mingled, mishandled, mislabeled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, mumbled, muscled, needled, nestled, nettled, newfangled, nibbled, ogled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rambled, rankled, rattled, raveled, reassembled, recycled, redoubled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resembled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumbled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scrambled, scribbled, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, singled, smuggled, snarled, spangled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squabbled, squirreled, stapled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, straggled, strangled, struggled, stumbled, subtitled, swindled, tabled, tackled, tangled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toggled, toppled, totaled, totalled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trebled, trembled, trickled, tripled, troubled, trundled, tumbled, tussled, unbridled, unlabeled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, untroubled, waffled, wangled, whistled, whittled, widdled, wobbled, wrangled, wrestled, wrinkled. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-l-z-z" | |
-1 letter: dazzle. | |
-2 letters: addle, dazed, dedal, laded, lazed. | |
-3 letters: adze, dale, daze, dead, deal, lade, laze, lead, zeal. | |
-4 letters: add, adz, ale, dad, dal, del, eld, lad, lea, led, lez, zed. | |
-5 letters: ad, ae, al, de, ed, el, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-l-z-z" | |
+2 letters: bedazzled. | |
+3 letters: outdazzled. | |
+5 letters: puzzleheaded. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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