DAZED

dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid

(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”

dazed, foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous

(adjective) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

dazed (comparative more dazed, superlative most dazed)

In a state of shock or confusion.

Stunned.

Verb

dazed

simple past tense and past participle of daze

Anagrams

• adzed

Source: Wiktionary


DAZE

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



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