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Dazzle vs. Gleam

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Dazzleverb

(transitive) To confuse the sight of by means of excessive brightness.

‘Dazzled by the headlights of the lorry, the deer stopped in the middle of the street.’;

Gleamnoun

a small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.

Dazzleverb

To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.

‘The delegates were dazzled by the originality of his arguments.’;

Gleamnoun

a glimpse or hint; an indistinct sign of something.

‘The rescue workers preserved a gleam of optimism that they might still survive.’;

Dazzleverb

(intransitive) To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.

Gleamnoun

brightness or shininess; splendor.

Dazzlenoun

A light of dazzling brilliancy.

Gleamverb

To shine; to glitter; to glisten.

Dazzlenoun

(figurative) Showy brilliance that may stop a person from thinking clearly.

Gleamverb

To be briefly but strongly apparent.

Dazzlenoun

(uncommon) A herd of zebra.

Gleamverb

To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

Dazzlenoun

(uncountable) Dazzle camouflage.

Gleamverb

To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

Dazzleverb

To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.

‘Those heavenly shapesWill dazzle now the earthly, with their blazeInsufferably bright.’; ‘An unreflected light did never yetDazzle the vision feminine.’;

Gleamverb

To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.

Dazzleverb

To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind.

Gleamverb

To shine; to cast light; to glitter.

Dazzleverb

To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.

‘Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design.’;

Gleamverb

To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).

‘Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights.’;

Dazzleverb

To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.

‘An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle.’; ‘I dare not trust these eyes;They dance in mists, and dazzle with surprise.’;

Gleamnoun

A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.

‘Transient unexpected gleams of joi.’; ‘At last a gleamOf dawning light turned thitherward in hasteHis [Satan's] traveled steps.’; ‘A glimmer, and then a gleam of light.’;

Dazzlenoun

A light of dazzling brilliancy.

Gleamnoun

Brightness; splendor.

‘In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen.’;

Dazzlenoun

brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily

Gleamnoun

an appearance of reflected light

Dazzleverb

to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light;

‘She was dazzled by the bright headlights’;

Gleamnoun

a flash of light (especially reflected light)

Dazzleverb

amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill;

‘Her arguments dazzled everyone’; ‘The dancer dazzled the audience with his turns and jumps’;

Gleamverb

be shiny, as if wet;

‘His eyes were glistening’;

Gleamverb

shine brightly, like a star or a light

Gleamverb

appear briefly;

‘A terrible thought gleamed in her mind’;

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