English word

Dazzling

Definitions

adjective

  1. brilliantly or showily bright, colorful, or impressive

Synonyms for dazzling

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Synonyms by context

Extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily

adjective

  • glittering
  • beaming
  • refulgent

Extremely impressive or awesome

adjective

Showing great beauty or attractiveness

adjective

Causing of amazement

verb

  • astounding
  • blowing away
  • stupefying
  • bewildering
  • blowing one's mind
  • bowling over
  • flabbergasting
  • impressing

Present participle for to blind or dazzle with light

verb

  • dazing
  • blinding
  • blinding temporarily
  • depriving of sight

Present participle for to delight, allure or attract in an almost magical manner

verb

  • bewitching
  • captivating
  • fascinating
  • enchanting
  • enthralling
  • mesmerising
  • mesmerizing
  • entrancing
  • beguiling

Antonyms for dazzling

  • boring
  • dark
  • dull
  • mediocre
  • dim
  • poor
  • lackluster
  • lacklustre
  • unbright
  • unbrilliant
  • ordinary
  • tedious
  • uninspired
  • unexceptional
  • plain
  • unexciting
  • uninspiring
  • uninteresting
  • unmemorable
  • unremarkable

Opposite of extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily

  • dull
  • dim
  • lackluster
  • lacklustre
  • unbright
  • unbrilliant
  • ordinary
  • tedious
  • unexceptional
  • unexciting

Opposite of irradiated by much light

  • dark
  • blackened
  • darkened
  • darkish
  • darkling
  • dimmed
  • dusk
  • dusky
  • lightless
  • pitch-black

Opposite of extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily

Opposite of causing of amazement

  • boring
  • calming
  • boring to death
  • boring to tears
  • disinteresting
  • exhausting
  • fatiguing
  • jading
  • tiring
  • wearing out

Phrases

  • big yawn
  • bog standard
  • common or garden
  • crystal clear
  • deadly dull
  • dry as dust
  • dull as ditchwater
  • full of light
  • hard on the eyes
  • ho hum
  • in flames
  • lacking excitement
  • lacking interest
  • lacking variety
  • not fun
  • nothing special
  • not much cop
  • on fire
  • out of shape
  • plain vanilla