BEDAZZLING Synonyms

• of surpassing excellence

• having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence

• characterized by grandeur

• having strong or striking color

• full of light; shining intensely

• clear and sharp and ringing

• with brightness

• in an extremely intelligent way

• amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning

• shining intensely

• in a manner or to a degree that dazzles the beholder

• not plain; decorative or ornamented

• something many people believe that is false

• imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination

• a predisposition to like something

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

• tastelessly showy

• (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display

• tastelessly showy

• a slight suggestion or vague understanding

• reflecting light

• having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

• the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

• highly enthusiastic

• made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

• brilliant

• reflecting light

• radiating or as if radiating light

• the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

• marked by exceptional merit

• made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

• reflecting light

• used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide

• a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

• shining with brilliant points of light like stars

• having great beauty and splendor

• commanding attention

• causing great astonishment and consternation

• causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or insensibility

• strikingly beautiful or attractive

• in a spectacular manner

• decorate