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
- 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
- addle
- amaze
- astonish
- astound
- befog
- befuddle
- befuddlement
- benumb
- bewilder
- bewilderment
- blind
- blur
- confound
- dazzle
- disorder
- distract
- distraction
- dizzy
- dumbfound
- flabbergast
- fuddle
- gauze
- glaze
- haze
- lala-land
- maze
- mix up
- muddle
- muddledness
- mystify
- nadaville
- narcosis
- numb
- overpower
- overwhelm
- paralyze
- perplex
- petrify
- puzzle
- rock
- shock
- stagger
- startle
- stun
- stupefaction
- stupefy
- stupor
- surprise
- trance
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