dazzling meaning

UK US /ˈdæzəlɪŋ/ 3 syllables

dazzling (adjective): amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning.

dazzling has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

dazzling as an adjective

  1. amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning
    • the skater's dazzling virtuosic leaps
    • these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth
    • adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous

    Synonyms: eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous

    Similar: impressive

  2. shining intensely
    • the blazing sun
    • blinding headlights
    • dazzling snow
    • fulgent patterns of sunlight
    • the glaring sun

    Synonyms: blazing, blinding, fulgent, glaring, glary

    Similar: bright

How to pronounce dazzling

dazzling is pronounced /ˈdæzəlɪŋ/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Word lists: words starting with DA · words ending in NG · 8-letter words

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