dazed
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
dazed
adj 1: in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting
from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay
semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was
stupid from fatigue" [syn: {dazed}, {stunned},
{stupefied}, {stupid(p)}]
2: stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or
drunkenness or exhaustion) [syn: {dazed}, {foggy}, {groggy},
{logy}, {stuporous}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dazed \dazed\ adj.
1. stupefied; conscious but unable to think clearly; --
usually caused by a blow or other shock.
Syn: foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. stunned from or as if from repeated blows.
Syn: punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy.
[WordNet 1.5]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
[1913 Webster]
While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen.
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
Such souls,
Whose sudden visitations daze the world. --Sir H.
Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an
odd though a sufficient substitute for interest.
--Dickens.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "dazed":
addled, apish, asinine, at a loss, baffled, bamboozled, batty,
beat, bedazzled, befooled, beguiled, besotted, blindfold,
blindfolded, brainless, buffaloed, buffoonish, cockeyed,
confounded, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, darkened, dazzled,
dizzy, dopey, doting, dumb, excecate, fatuitous, fatuous, flaky,
floored, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish, fuddled, futile, gaga,
goofy, groggy, gulled, hoodwinked, idiotic, imbecile, in a daze,
in a dilemma, in suspense, inane, inept, infatuated, insane,
knocked silly, kooky, licked, loony, mad, maudlin, mazed, moronic,
muddled, mystified, nonplussed, nutty, obscured, on tenterhooks,
perplexed, punch-drunk, punchy, puzzled, sappy, screwy, senseless,
sentimental, silly, slaphappy, snow-blind, snow-blinded, stuck,
stumped, stunned, stupefied, stupid, thoughtless, thrown, wacky,
wet, witless, woozy
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