Bedazzling
to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings:
Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
to dazzle so as to blind or confuse:
The glare of the headlights bedazzled him.
Historical Examples
She was laughing again and the bedazzling eyes were dancing with delight.
The Price Francis Lynde
But an impatient activity urges men on, bedazzling their eyes, which at once unnerves and unfits them for reading or judging.
The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 Joseph Wild
verb
(transitive) to dazzle or confuse, as with brilliance
v.
1590s, from be- + dazzle (v.). Related: Bedazzled; bedazzling.
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