daze

daze
    n 1: the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when
         something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death
         left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn: {daze},
         {shock}, {stupor}]
    2: confusion characterized by lack of clarity [syn: {daze},
       {fog}, {haze}]
    v 1: to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from
         intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights"
         [syn: {dazzle}, {bedazzle}, {daze}]
    2: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned
       her" [syn: {stun}, {bedaze}, {daze}]
    

Daze \Daze\, n.
   1. The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze. [Colloq.]
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   2. (Mining) A glittering stone.
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Daze \Daze\ (d[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dazed} (d[=a]zd); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Dazing}.] [OE. dasen, prob. from Icel. dasask
   to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie idle,
   and OD. daesen to be foolish, insane, daes, dwaes, D. dwaas,
   foolish, insane, AS. dw[=ae]s, dysig, stupid. [root]71. Cf.
   {Dizzy}, {Doze}.]
   To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or
   with fear; to confuse; to benumb.
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         While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen.
                                                  --Spenser.
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         Such souls,
         Whose sudden visitations daze the world. --Sir H.
                                                  Taylor.
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         He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an
         odd though a sufficient substitute for interest.
                                                  --Dickens.
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202 Moby Thesaurus words for "daze":
      addle, addle the wits, amaze, amazed, amnesia, astonish,
      astonished, astound, astounded, awe, awestrike, baffle, baffled,
      ball up, bamboozle, bandage, be bright, beacon, beam, beat,
      becloud, bedaze, bedazzle, bedazzled, befuddle, befuddled,
      befuddlement, bemuse, bemused, benight, benumb, bewilder,
      bewildered, bewilderment, blaze, blind, blind the eyes, blindfold,
      boggle, bother, botheration, bowl down, bowl over, buffalo, bug,
      burn, catalepsy, cataplexy, catatonic stupor, chaos, cloud,
      confound, confuse, confused, confusion, darken, daydreaming,
      dazzle, dazzled, deprive of sight, diffuse light, dim,
      discombobulate, discombobulation, discomfit, discomfiture,
      discompose, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertion, disorder,
      disorganization, disorganize, disorient, disorientation,
      disoriented, distract, disturb, disturbance, dizzy, dream state,
      dumbfound, dumbfounder, eclipse, embarrass, embarrassment,
      entangle, excecate, flabbergast, flabbergasted, flame, flare,
      flash, floor, floored, flummox, flurry, fluster, flustered,
      flutter, fog, frenzy, fuddle, fuddlement, fugue, fugue state,
      fulgurate, fuss, get, give light, glance, glare, gleam, glint,
      glow, gouge, haze, hoodwink, hypnotic trance, in a daze,
      in a trance, incandesce, jumble, keep in suspense, lick, luster,
      make blind, maze, mess, mist, mix up, moider, muddle,
      muddleheadedness, muddlement, mystified, mystify, nonplus,
      nonplussed, obscure, overcome, overpower, overpowered, overwhelm,
      paralyze, perplex, perplexed, perplexity, perturb, perturbation,
      petrify, pother, pucker, put out, puzzle, puzzled, radiate,
      raise hell, rattle, reverie, rock, ruffle, send out rays, shine,
      shine brightly, shock, shocked, shoot, shoot out rays, shuffle,
      sleepwalking, snow-blind, somnambulism, spin, stagger, staggered,
      startle, startled, stew, stick, strike blind, strike dead,
      strike dumb, strike with wonder, stump, stun, stunned, stupefied,
      stupefy, stupor, surprise, surprised, sweat, swivet, throw,
      throw into confusion, tizzy, trance, unsettle, unsettlement, upset,
      whirl