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daze
[ deyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to stun or stupefy with a blow, shock, etc.:
He was dazed by a blow on the head.
The splendor of the palace dazed her.
Synonyms: flabbergast, dumbfound, astound, amaze
noun
- a dazed condition; state of bemusement:
After meeting the author, I was in a daze for a week.
daze
/ deɪz; ˈdeɪzɪdlɪ /
verb
- to stun or stupefy, esp by a blow or shock
- to bewilder, amaze, or dazzle
noun
- a state of stunned confusion or shock (esp in the phrase in a daze )
Derived Forms
- dazedly, adverb
Other Words From
- un·daz·ing adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of daze1
Word History and Origins
Origin of daze1
Example Sentences
Earlier today, I walked around the kitchen holding one of those pink snappers, half in a daze, thinking what I could do with it.
I was in a daze, still wearing clothes stiffened with evaporated sea salt.
But others walked quietly in a daze or lay on their backs and started at the sky.
I was a little freaked out but curious enough to go back to my orange daze and hear some more words from the man in the ether.
Svetlana and Ksenya would agree with that assessment—they remember arriving in a daze.
When Henry appeared, a trifle shaken out of his daze and anxious only to get away, Mr. Cordyce stretched out his hand.
Only half convinced and full of suspicion, the Sultan walked on in a daze, as though he were going to his last doom.
It was a glancing blow, but it was enough to daze the man and send him reeling backward.
And Black Hood, his mind still in a daze, stared down at the gems in the copper's hand.
Though the boss's disappearance was now four days old, things were still in a sort of daze down at the railroad offices.
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