daze

Meaning

Noun

1. The state of being dazed
2. A glittering stone.

Verb

To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear

Synonyms

stun

confusion

amaze

bewilderment

stupor

trance

stupefy

bedaze

fog

🌫️

shock

⚡

astound

amazement

bedazzle

stupefaction

dazzle

flummox

state of confusion

bemuse

bafflement

nonplus

obfuscation

perplexity

bewilder

haze

engrossment

befuddle

delirium

astonish

startle

surprise

wonder

state of lethargy

absolute bewilderment

mental numbness

ecstasy

bewildement

astonishment

befog

befuddlement

bemusement

benumb

daydream

devastation

discomfit

disorientation

distraction

diversion

dozen

dullness

dumbfounded

embarrassment

flabbergast

fluster

intoxicated

knock out

mad

mica

mystification

mystify

numb

petrify

puzzlement

stagger

Pronounced as (IPA)

/deɪz/

Etymology

From Middle English, back-formation from dazed.
Compare 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”).