: unable to think clearly or act normally due to injury, shock, bewilderment, fatigue, etc.
After a particularly fierce blow, he crawled to his feet, too dazed to rush.—
Jack London
Jack LondonShe sat confused and dazed after hearing the news.
also
: characteristic of one who is dazed
had a dazed look on her face
dazedly
adverb
… a lethargy so complete that he could lie on his bed for an hour at a time, staring dazedly into space …
—J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling
dazedness
ˈdā-zəd-nəs 
noun
ˈdāzd-
… mistaking for dazedness the profound concentration of his mind.
—Booth Tarkington
Booth Tarkington
Synonyms
- addle
- addled
- addlepated
- bedeviled
- befogged
- befuddled
- bemused
- bewildered
- bushed [chiefly Australian]
- confounded
- confused
- distracted
- dizzy
- dopey
- dopy
- fogged
- mixed-up
- muddleheaded
- muzzy
- pixilated
- pixillated
- punch-drunk
- punchy
- raddled
- shell-shocked
- silly
- slaphappy
- spaced-out
- spaced
- spacey
- spacy
- stunned
- stupefied
- zonked
- zonked-out
Examples of dazed in a Sentence
the dazed goalie could only watch as the winning point went flying past him
Recent Examples on the Web
However, this State of Play also dropped trailers that left us dazed and confused.
—Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
Collectively wincing at the brutal spill, Hernandez and Johnson immediately turn heel and flee the scene while Elordi still lays dazed on the ground.
—EW.com, 17 Jan. 2024
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Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
Collectively wincing at the brutal spill, Hernandez and Johnson immediately turn heel and flee the scene while Elordi still lays dazed on the ground.
—EW.com, 17 Jan. 2024
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“Dazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dazed. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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