bedazzle

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /bɪˈdæzəl/ UK /bɪˈdæzəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to greatly impress or blind with brilliance

The magician's finale bedazzled the entire audience.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to greatly impress or blind... dazzle blind stun overwhelm impress astonish bewilder

Opposites

underwhelmbore

Word family

Derived forms bedazzledbedazzlingbedazzler

Related forms dazzle daze

Etymology

From the intensive prefix be- + dazzle. Dazzle is a frequentative of daze, from Middle English dasen, of Scandinavian origin (compare Old Norse dasask 'to become weary').

be- Old English dasask Old Norse

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# bedazzle

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /bɪˈdæzəl/
**IPA (UK):** /bɪˈdæzəl/

## Meanings
1. to greatly impress or blind with brilliance

## Examples
- The magician's finale bedazzled the entire audience.

## Synonyms
- dazzle
- blind
- stun
- overwhelm
- impress
- astonish
- bewilder

## Antonyms
- underwhelm
- bore

## Derived Forms
- bedazzled
- bedazzling
- bedazzler

## Related Forms
- dazzle
- daze

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: be-
- Root: dasask

## Etymology
From the intensive prefix be- + dazzle. Dazzle is a frequentative of daze, from Middle English dasen, of Scandinavian origin (compare Old Norse dasask 'to become weary').

## AI Etymology
bedazzle comes from the intensive prefix be- + dazzle. Dazzle is a frequentative of daze, from Middle English dasen, of Scandinavian origin (compare Old Norse dasask 'to become weary'). Morphologically, the word is transparent as a compound: its parts remain visible in the modern spelling, while the older history of those parts supplies the deeper ancestry. In modern use, the verb sense is "to greatly impress or blind with brilliance", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as dazzle, daze and derivatives such as bedazzled, bedazzling, bedazzler, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Old English be-, Old Norse dasask, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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