daze, fog, haze
(noun) confusion characterized by lack of clarity
daze, shock, stupor
(noun) the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; “his mother’s death left him in a daze”; “he was numb with shock”
stun, bedaze, daze
(verb) overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; “The news stunned her”
dazzle, bedazzle, daze
(verb) to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; “She was dazzled by the bright headlights”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
daze (plural dazes)
The state of being dazed
(mining) A glittering stone.
daze (third-person singular simple present dazes, present participle dazing, simple past and past participle dazed)
(transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear
Synonyms: confuse, benumb
• adze, deza
Source: Wiktionary
Daze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dazing.] Etym: [OE. dasen, prob. from Icel. dasask to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie idle, and OD. daesen to be foolish, insane, daes, dwaes, D. dwaas, foolish, insane, AS. dw, dysig, stupid. Dizzy, Doze.]
Definition: To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb. While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. Spenser. Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world. Sir H. Taylor. He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. Dickens.
Daze, n.
1. The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze. [Colloq.]
2. (Mining)
Definition: A glittering stone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
