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as in to fascinate
to hold the attention of as if by a spell
don't let their promises of immense riches bedazzle you
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Recent Examples of bedazzle
Of course, the nostalgia and the glamour and the showgirl element of all of it and being bedazzled head to toe looks like a lot of fun.
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
One look featured a black dress with a faux turtleneck, a leather jacket, dangling diamond earrings and a black, bedazzled Yves Saint Laurent purse slung around her side.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Last week, a Pasadena bicycling club of 44 riders returned to this spot on their annual holiday tour, gazing up at the bedazzling mass of color.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
First, she was spotted rocking the look, straight down her back, paired with hazel eye contacts, a pink pout and bedazzled eye corners.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
One look featured a black dress with a faux turtleneck, a leather jacket, dangling diamond earrings and a black, bedazzled Yves Saint Laurent purse slung around her side.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Last week, a Pasadena bicycling club of 44 riders returned to this spot on their annual holiday tour, gazing up at the bedazzling mass of color.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
First, she was spotted rocking the look, straight down her back, paired with hazel eye contacts, a pink pout and bedazzled eye corners.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedazzle
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And that also fascinates me, how one piece of clothing can have that many different styles and expressions to it—the wash, the color, the shape, the length, the waist, low slung, high waist, straight leg, wide leg.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Feb. 2025
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The British journalist and playwright Andrew Halliday was fascinated by these cards, especially one popular card that featured a lady and gentleman walking arm-in-arm up a pathway toward a church.—
Christopher Ferguson,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2025
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One after the next, their headlights were blinding, an eraser smudging out the night.—
Raphael Orlove,
Robb Report,
6 Feb. 2025
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Celebrity has a way of blinding some people to eccentric or unacceptable behavior.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2025
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When Venus journeys through enchanting Pisces, the love planet is in its element — gentle, dreamy and fully immersed in romantic fantasies.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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Snuggled between lush rainforests and the cerulean Flores Sea sits Labuan Bajo, a welcoming fishing town on enchanting Flores Island.—
Sandra MacGregor,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Tom Robbins dazzled millions of readers with the whimsy and imagination in his bestselling novels, such as 1984's Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs and All, from 1990, and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, a 1976 book adapted by director Gus Van Sant into a 1993 film.—
Tom Vitale,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2025
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Supporting cast like Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale handsomely fill out Piero Tosi’s dazzling costumes, which were nominated for an Oscar.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2025
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In 19th-century Paris at the Salpêtrière Hospital, patients were hypnotized onstage to reproduce the symptoms of hysteria for public audiences.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
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The textures, sparkles, and bright colors are hypnotizing, and the movie’s willingness to blend different art styles — both subtly, as with the Gumby-esque wannabe pop-star villains, and explicitly, as with the Yellow Submarine–style trips — is energizing.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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They were stunned by the incandescence of her skin.—
Beth Landman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Feb. 2025
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Father stunned when stranger pays his restaurant bill A dad having breakfast with his kids was amazed when a stranger out of nowhere took care of his bill.—
Christine Rousselle,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Bedazzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedazzle. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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