bedaze

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verb

To cause to become dazed.

“On his first trip to the circus, he was bedazed by the myriad colours, sounds and smells.”

Similar
stundaze
OriginMiddle English *bedasen →
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Meanings

verbbedaze (third-person singular simple present bedazes, present participle bedazing, simple past and past participle bedazed)

present singular third person bedazes · participle present bedazing · participle past bedazed · past bedazed

  1. transitiveTo cause to become dazed.

    On his first trip to the circus, he was bedazed by the myriad colours, sounds and smells.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbovercome as with astonishment or disbelief

Similar
stundaze
Broader
desensitizedesensitise
Also see
dazestun

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle English*bedasen
  2. Englishbedaze

From Middle English *bedasen (found in past participle bedased, bedasyd (“dazed, dizzy”)), equivalent to be- + daze.

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APA

bedaze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedaze

MLA

“bedaze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedaze. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedaze,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedaze.

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