noun
Meaning 1
The state of being dazed
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He was in a daze.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spin
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
daze
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/deɪz/
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rhymes with -eɪz
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homophone: days
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noun
Meaning 2
A glittering stone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Near-synonyms: confuse, benumb
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: confuse, benumb
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
confusion characterized by lack of clarity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fog, haze
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray
noun
Meaning 5
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his mother's death left him in a daze
- he was numb with shock
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shock, stupor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stupefaction
verb
Meaning 6
overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The news stunned her
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stun, bedaze
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: desensitize, desensitise
verb
Meaning 7
to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She was dazzled by the bright headlights
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dazzle, bedazzle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blind
History
Etymology
From Middle English, back-formation from dazed. Compare Old Norse dasask (“to become weary”), with reflexive suffix -sk, Swedish dasa (“lie idly”), and Icelandic dasask (“to make weary with cold”). Also compare Proto-Germanic *dusāną, to slumber. Alternatively from Middle Dutch dasen (“act silly”).
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: шемет (šemet) — the state of being dazed
- Bulgarian: замаяност (zamajanost) — the state of being dazed
- Finnish: pökerrys — the state of being dazed
- Finnish: hämmennys — the state of being dazed
- French: stupéfaction — the state of being dazed
- German: Benommenheit — the state of being dazed
- Hindi: विस्मय (vismay) — the state of being dazed
- Hindi: आश्चर्य (āścarya) — the state of being dazed
- Hungarian: kábulat — the state of being dazed
- Italian: trasognamento — the state of being dazed
- Portuguese: aturdimento — the state of being dazed
- Portuguese: atordoamento — the state of being dazed
- Romanian: uluire — the state of being dazed
- Romanian: stupefacție — the state of being dazed
- Romanian: stupoare — the state of being dazed
- Russian: ошеломле́ние (ošelomlénije) — the state of being dazed
- Russian: изумле́ние (izumlénije) — the state of being dazed
- Russian: оцепене́ние (ocepenénije) — the state of being dazed
- Spanish: aturdimiento — the state of being dazed
- Russian: слюда́ (sljudá) — a glittering stone
- Bulgarian: замайвам (zamajvam) — to stun or stupefy
- Bulgarian: зашеметявам (zašemetjavam) — to stun or stupefy
- Catalan: atordir — to stun or stupefy
- Chinese Mandarin: 使茫然 (shǐ mángrán) — to stun or stupefy
- Chinese Mandarin: 使發昏 /使发昏 (shǐ fāhūn) — to stun or stupefy
- Danish: bedøve — to stun or stupefy
- Dutch: versuffen — to stun or stupefy
- Finnish: pökerryttää — to stun or stupefy
- Finnish: huumata — to stun or stupefy
- French: étourdir — to stun or stupefy
- French: abasourdir — to stun or stupefy
- German: betäuben — to stun or stupefy
- Hindi: अचरज (acraj) — to stun or stupefy
- Hungarian: kábít — to stun or stupefy
- Hungarian: elkábít — to stun or stupefy
- Ido: konfuzeskar — to stun or stupefy
- Italian: stordire — to stun or stupefy
- Japanese: 間誤付かせる (migotsukaseru) — to stun or stupefy
- Māori: whakahinamoe — to stun or stupefy
- Norwegian: bedøve — to stun or stupefy
- Polish: oszałamiać — to stun or stupefy
- Portuguese: ofuscar — to stun or stupefy
- Portuguese: aturdir — to stun or stupefy
- Portuguese: atordoar — to stun or stupefy
- Romanian: ului — to stun or stupefy
- Romanian: stupefia — to stun or stupefy
- Romanian: zăpăci — to stun or stupefy
- Russian: ошеломля́ть (ošelomljátʹ) — to stun or stupefy
- Russian: ошеломи́ть (ošelomítʹ) — to stun or stupefy
- Russian: изумля́ть (izumljátʹ) — to stun or stupefy
- Russian: изуми́ть (izumítʹ) — to stun or stupefy
- Spanish: aturdir — to stun or stupefy
- Spanish: encandilar — to stun or stupefy
- Swedish: bedöva — to stun or stupefy