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nounThe state of being dazed
verbTo stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
nounconfusion characterized by lack of clarity
verbto cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Dutchdasen“act silly”
- Proto-Germanic*dusāną
- Englishdaze
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”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian шемет, замаяност
- шемет (šemet)the state of being dazed
- замаяност (zamajanost)the state of being dazed
- замайвам (zamajvam)to stun or stupefy
- зашеметявам (zašemetjavam)to stun or stupefy
Catalan atordir
- atordirto stun or stupefy
Chinese Mandarin 使茫然, 使發昏 /使发昏
- 使茫然 (shǐ mángrán)to stun or stupefy
- 使發昏 /使发昏 (shǐ fāhūn)to stun or stupefy
Danish bedøve
- bedøveto stun or stupefy
Dutch versuffen
- versuffento stun or stupefy
Finnish pökerrys, hämmennys
- pökerrysthe state of being dazed
- hämmennysthe state of being dazed
- pökerryttääto stun or stupefy
- huumatato stun or stupefy
French stupéfaction, étourdir
- stupéfactionthe state of being dazed
- étourdirto stun or stupefy
- abasourdirto stun or stupefy
German Benommenheit, betäuben
- Benommenheitthe state of being dazed
- betäubento stun or stupefy
Hindi विस्मय, आश्चर्य
- विस्मय (vismay)the state of being dazed
- आश्चर्य (āścarya)the state of being dazed
- अचरज (acraj)to stun or stupefy
Hungarian kábulat, kábít
- kábulatthe state of being dazed
- kábítto stun or stupefy
- elkábítto stun or stupefy
Italian trasognamento, stordire
- trasognamentothe state of being dazed
- stordireto stun or stupefy
Japanese 間誤付かせる
- 間誤付かせる (migotsukaseru)to stun or stupefy
Māori whakahinamoe
- whakahinamoeto stun or stupefy
Norwegian bedøve
- bedøveto stun or stupefy
Polish oszałamiać
- oszałamiaćto stun or stupefy
Portuguese aturdimento, atordoamento
- aturdimentothe state of being dazed
- atordoamentothe state of being dazed
- ofuscarto stun or stupefy
- aturdirto stun or stupefy
- atordoarto stun or stupefy
Romanian uluire, stupefacție
- uluirethe state of being dazed
- stupefacțiethe state of being dazed
- stupoarethe state of being dazed
- uluito stun or stupefy
- stupefiato stun or stupefy
- zăpăcito stun or stupefy
Russian ошеломле́ние, изумле́ние
- ошеломле́ние (ošelomlénije)the state of being dazed
- изумле́ние (izumlénije)the state of being dazed
- оцепене́ние (ocepenénije)the state of being dazed
- слюда́ (sljudá)a glittering stone
- ошеломля́ть (ošelomljátʹ)to stun or stupefy
- ошеломи́ть (ošelomítʹ)to stun or stupefy
- изумля́ть (izumljátʹ)to stun or stupefy
- изуми́ть (izumítʹ)to stun or stupefy
Spanish aturdimiento, aturdir
- aturdimientothe state of being dazed
- aturdirto stun or stupefy
- encandilarto stun or stupefy
Swedish bedöva
- bedövato stun or stupefy
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Cite this entry
daze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daze
“daze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daze. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “daze,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daze.
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