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dazed

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /deɪzd/
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  • rhymes with -eɪzd
  • CMU ARPABET: D EY1 Z D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

In a state of shock or confusion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Stunned or entranced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of daze

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he had a dazed expression on his face
  • lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow
  • was stupid from fatigue

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stunned, stupefied, stupid(p)

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old Norse dasaðr (“weary”), dasask (“to become weary”), from Proto-Germanic *dasōjan-, from the adjective *daza-, possibly from a variant of Proto-Indo-European *dher- (“to hold, support”), related to Armenian դադարել (dadarel, “to settle, stop, end”).

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: estabornit — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Dutch: verbouwereerd — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Esperanto: konfuzita — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Finnish: pökertynyt — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Finnish: tyrmätty — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Finnish: pökerryksissä — in a state of shock or confusion
  • French: abasourdi — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Galician: choucho — in a state of shock or confusion
  • German: verwirrt — in a state of shock or confusion
  • German: wirr — in a state of shock or confusion
  • German: durcheinander — in a state of shock or confusion
  • German: konfus — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Italian: basito — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Italian: stupefatto — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Italian: scioccato — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Italian: sbalordito — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Latin: attonitus — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Māori: pōrewarewa — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Māori: pōrewharewha — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Portuguese: confuso — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Portuguese: atordoado — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Russian: изумлённый (izumljónnyj) — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Spanish: en estado de shock — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Spanish: en estado de confusión — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Spanish: atolondrado — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Spanish: aturullado — in a state of shock or confusion
  • Asturian: ablucáu — stunned
  • Bulgarian: зашеметен (zašemeten) — stunned
  • Catalan: atordit — stunned
  • Esperanto: stuporita — stunned
  • Finnish: pökertynyt — stunned
  • Finnish: tyrmätty — stunned
  • Finnish: pökerryksissä — stunned
  • German: verblüfft — stunned
  • German: betäubt — stunned
  • German: benommen — stunned
  • German: verdutzt — stunned
  • German: sprachlos — stunned
  • German: bestürzt — stunned
  • German: überwältigt — stunned
  • German: fassungslos — stunned
  • Latin: attonitus — stunned
  • Māori: pōro — stunned
  • Russian: ошеломлённый (ošelomljónnyj) — stunned
  • Spanish: asombrado — stunned
  • Spanish: atolondrado — stunned
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