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dazzler

/ˈdæzələr/
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Someone who immediately charms or impresses you is a dazzler. Your funniest, most sparkly and engaging friend could be described as a dazzler.

To dazzle is to stun with a bright light or an impressive personality, and a dazzler is anyone or anything who does this. A fabulous fireworks display is a dazzler, but so is the student in your French class who can speak six languages fluently and manages to be witty and charming, too. Dazzler, from dazzle, shares a root with daze meaning "be stunned or bewildered."

Definitions of dazzler
  1. noun
    someone or something that is very impressive or attractive
  2. noun
    a bright light device that blinds or disorients attackers
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