daze

[ deyz ]

verb (used with object)

, dazed, daz·ing.

1. to stun or stupefy with a blow, shock, etc.:

   He was dazed by a blow on the head.

2. to overwhelm; dazzle:

   The splendor of the palace dazed her.

   Synonyms: flabbergast, dumbfound, astound, amaze

noun

1. a dazed condition; state of bemusement:

   After meeting the author, I was in a daze for a week.

daze

/ ˈdeɪzɪdlɪ; deɪz /

verb

1. to stun or stupefy, esp by a blow or shock
2. to bewilder, amaze, or dazzle

noun

1. 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

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English dasen (verb), from Old Norse dasa- (as in dasask “to become weary”); compare Danish dase “to doze, mope”

Word History and Origins

Origin of daze¹

C14: from Old Norse dasa-, as in dasask to grow weary

Example Sentences

Ahmad Naeem Wakili lives in a daze, his mind often drifting to his wife and 2-year-old, a little girl with big brown curls and green eyes.

From Time

In a daze, we formed a huddle on the sidewalk one block away.

From Outside Online

It was one of those things where you kind of needed him to snap and wake us up out of our daze.

From Washington Post

Earlier today, I walked around the kitchen holding one of those pink snappers, half in a daze, thinking what I could do with it.

From The Daily Beast

I was in a daze, still wearing clothes stiffened with evaporated sea salt.

From The Daily Beast

But others walked quietly in a daze or lay on their backs and started at the sky.

From The Daily Beast

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.

From The Daily Beast

Svetlana and Ksenya would agree with that assessment—they remember arriving in a daze.

From The Daily Beast

When Henry appeared, a trifle shaken out of his daze and anxious only to get away, Mr. Cordyce stretched out his hand.

From Project Gutenberg

Only half convinced and full of suspicion, the Sultan walked on in a daze, as though he were going to his last doom.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a glancing blow, but it was enough to daze the man and send him reeling backward.

From Project Gutenberg

And Black Hood, his mind still in a daze, stared down at the gems in the copper's hand.

From Project Gutenberg

Though the boss's disappearance was now four days old, things were still in a sort of daze down at the railroad offices.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• amaze
• astonish
• astound
• befuddle
• bewilder
• confound
• dazzle
• distract
• dizzy
• dumbfound
• flabbergast
• muddle
• mystify
• overwhelm
• paralyze
• perplex
• petrify
• puzzle
• startle
• stun