Word Frequency
daze (deɪz
)
Definitions
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 (ˈdeɪzɪdlɪ
) adverbWord Origin
C14: from Old Norse dasa-, as in dasask to grow wearySynonyms
View thesaurus entryTranslations for 'daze'
- British English: daze If someone is in a daze, they are unable to think clearly, often because they have had a shock or surprise. NOUNFor an hour I was walking around in a daze.
- Brazilian Portuguese: estarrecimento
- Chinese: 迷惑
- European Spanish: aturdimiento
- French: état de choc
- German: Benommenheit
- Italian: stato confusionale
- Japanese: ぼう然とした状態
- Korean: 멍한 상태
- Portuguese: estarrecimento
- Spanish: aturdimiento
Example Sentences Including 'daze'
Emmanuel walked out of the room like someone in a daze.Gwendolen
His life had boiled down to an existence, dressing in the morning, eating without tasting, all of it in a daze.Belfast Telegraph (2004)
In a daze I walked downstairs, in a daze sat down at my place, in a daze started to eat.My Babysitter has Fangs
Knights in a daze "I suppose people will call me Sir Mick.Globe and Mail (2003)
She was far more beautiful than I had imagined and I stepped aboard in a bit of a daze.The Run of the Tide
Stepping out onto the balcony with a mug of java, Ed tried to focus on the week that had gone by in a daze.Business Today (1999)
The plan was approved by Anaya, the junta giving formal ratification on March 26. London was now in a daze.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
``I'm so stoked, I've been in a daze since the siren,' she said.The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)
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