dazzling

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

dazzling

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) present participle of dazzle

Adjective

dazzling (comparative more dazzling, superlative most dazzling)

1. Shining intensely.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
     , Episode 12, The Cyclops

     The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.

2. Splendid; brilliant
3. Superlative; astounding

Translations

shining intensely

• Czech: oslepující, zářivý (cs) m
• Russian: ослепляющий (ru) (oslepljajuščij)
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splendid

• Catalan: enlluernador
• Italian: affascinante (it)
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• Russian: великолепный (ru) (velikolepnyj), ослепительный (ru) (oslepitelʹnyj)

astounding

• Italian: stupefacente (it)
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• Russian: поразительный (ru) (porazitelʹnyj)

Noun

dazzling (plural dazzlings)

1. The action of the verb to dazzle; dazzlement
   • 1837, Minutes of the General Association of Massachusetts

     Our organization secures the greatest amount of good unbalanced by accomplished evil of any known system, a good which resembles the sober hue of massive gold, rather than the splendid dazzlings of a baser metal.