Antonyms for daze


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : deyz
Phonetic Transcription : deɪz


Definition of daze

Origin :
  • early 14c., dasen, perhaps from Old Norse *dasa (cf. dasask "to become weary," with reflexive suffix -sk). Or perhaps from Middle Dutch dasen "act silly." Perhaps originally "to make weary with cold," which is the sense of Icelandic dasask (from the Old Norse word). Related: Dazed.
  • noun confusion
  • verb confuse, shock
Example sentences :
  • Ariston stood in a daze and watched the wine spilling into the street.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • The Earthman came out of his daze at the sight of the other.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • Still in a daze, I sat down on my cot and felt the big bruise on my head.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • In a daze, groping blindly for support, he waited for the shock of impact.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • His fierce assumption of knowledge seemed to dazzle and daze the Spaniard.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • They must have used some means of bringing him out of the daze that he was in.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • Bland was followed by Perry, who seemed to be in a sort of daze.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • Half the time I have been in a daze and have not had the least idea what I was doing.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • The girl apparently was still in too much of a daze to recognize Sorez.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • But the man was coming towards them––steadily, and yet as if in a sort of daze.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

Synonyms for daze

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019