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daze (dāz)

transitive verb dazed, daz·ing

  1. to stupefy, stun, or bewilder, as by a shock or blow
  2. 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

daze Related Forms
daz·edly adverb
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daze

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daze Synonyms

daze

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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.

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