Meanings
comparative more dazed · superlative most dazed
- in a state of shock or confusion
The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital.
2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of daze
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivein a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
adjectivestunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰer-“to hold, support”
- Proto-Germanic*dasōjan-
- Old Norsedasaðr“weary”
- Englishdazed
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”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian зашеметен
- зашеметен (zašemeten)stunned
Catalan estabornit, atordit
- estabornitin a state of shock or confusion
- atorditstunned
Dutch verbouwereerd
- verbouwereerdin a state of shock or confusion
Esperanto konfuzita, stuporita
- konfuzitain a state of shock or confusion
- stuporitastunned
Finnish pökertynyt, tyrmätty
- pökertynytin a state of shock or confusion
- tyrmättyin a state of shock or confusion
- pökerryksissäin a state of shock or confusion
- pökertynytstunned
- tyrmättystunned
- pökerryksissästunned
French abasourdi
- abasourdiin a state of shock or confusion
German verwirrt, wirr
- verwirrtin a state of shock or confusion
- wirrin a state of shock or confusion
- durcheinanderin a state of shock or confusion
- konfusin a state of shock or confusion
- verblüfftstunned
- betäubtstunned
- benommenstunned
- verdutztstunned
- sprachlosstunned
- bestürztstunned
- überwältigtstunned
- fassungslosstunned
Italian basito, stupefatto
- basitoin a state of shock or confusion
- stupefattoin a state of shock or confusion
- scioccatoin a state of shock or confusion
- sbalorditoin a state of shock or confusion
Latin attonitus, attonitus
- attonitusin a state of shock or confusion
- attonitusstunned
Māori pōrewarewa, pōrewharewha
- pōrewarewain a state of shock or confusion
- pōrewharewhain a state of shock or confusion
- pōrostunned
Portuguese confuso, atordoado
- confusoin a state of shock or confusion
- atordoadoin a state of shock or confusion
Russian изумлённый, ошеломлённый
- изумлённый (izumljónnyj)in a state of shock or confusion
- ошеломлённый (ošelomljónnyj)stunned
Spanish en estado de shock, en estado de confusión
- en estado de shockin a state of shock or confusion
- en estado de confusiónin a state of shock or confusion
- atolondradoin a state of shock or confusion
- aturulladoin a state of shock or confusion
- asombradostunned
- atolondradostunned
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dazed
All rhymes →Cite this entry
dazed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dazed
“dazed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dazed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dazed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dazed.
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