daze
daze
Definition
daze (dāz)
transitive verb dazed, daz′·ing
- to stupefy, stun, or bewilder, as by a shock or blow
- to dazzle
Etymology: ME dasen < ON dasa-, refl. dasast, to become weary < dasi, lazy, tired < IE base *dhē-, to wear away > L fames, hunger
noun
a dazed condition
daz′·edly adverb
daze
Synonyms
daze
Synonyms
daze
Usage Examples
Object
- expression: Parsons, with a dazed expression, began to descend the steps slowly.
- bit: I am back and sitting in the kitchen but still a bit dazed and confused.
- state: A member of public found the 22-year-old wandering in a dazed state having had her clarinet stolen.
- condition: I found her in a dazed condition, sitting beside Donald with his hand between hers.
- look: However on occasion, a dog may take on a dazed look, become aggressive or possessive, the eyes may become glazed.
- man: He handed the helmet to the dazed young man.
Adjective modifier
- happy: He marched to the scorers ' hut in a happy daze.
- drunken: People feel all kinds of ways, But nothing can substitute a drunken daze, Apart from Rage.
- last: There were at our last school daze last year and they rule!
Modifying Another Word
- slightly: But next morning slightly dazed, got back on it Whats next for me?
- somewhat: Somewhat dazed he was herded away to their goose house.
- rather: They were slipping and looked rather dazed and clumsy.
- little: I'm still a little dazed by the speed of it all.
- too: Mrs Harrison recalls that he seemed too dazed to be particularly upset that the money had gone.
- still: Still dazed by the bombing, a survivor of Tuesday's violence at Baghdad's Shi'ite shrine insisted there would be no civil strife.
Noun used with modifier
- school: We should so try and get bob the builder for 1 school daze!
- summer: And those many schemes to finish in this busy summer daze.
Preposition: after
- seizure: An animal will lose bladder and bowel control, be mentally unaware of its surroundings, and appear dazed after a seizure.
Preposition: for
- minute: It was so brilliant and powerful this time that we were dazed for a minute or two.
