bedazzling

English

Adjective

bedazzling (comparative more bedazzling, superlative most bedazzling)

1. That bedazzles; dazzling.
   • 1910, South Dakota Historical Collections - Volume 5, page 240:

     There were many contestants, some of them presenting very elaborate, some of them spectacular, and some very bedazzling plans of decoration, but Mr. W. G. Andrews of the Andrews Decorative Company of Clinton, Iowa, had wisely fortified himself by securing propositions from Mr. Edward Sim- mons to supply five pictures, Mr. Charles Holloway three pictures and Mr. Edwin Blashfield one picture as apart of the modest but effective plan of decoration and the capitol commission, after full consideration, determined to adopt his plan, and thus work of these distinguished artists was secured.

   • 2010, Maggie MacKeever, Merrie:

     I could, and did, but saw no more reason to confess this than to reveal my nightly entreaties to the Almighty that a more bedazzling, and even wealthier, heiress might not burst upon the ton.

   • 2023, Joeri Schrijvers, Martin Koci, God and Phenomenology:

     Nevertheless, love bears a kind of unique power; namely by often going undetected and challenging these more bedazzling kinds of power .

Derived terms

• bedazzlingly

 

Verb

bedazzling

1. present participle and gerund of bedazzle