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daze
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun daze has 2 senses
- daze(n = noun.feeling) shock, stupor - 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" is a kind of stupefaction
- daze(n = noun.cognition) fog, haze - confusion characterized by lack of clarity; Array is a kind of confusedness, confusion, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness
Derived form verb daze2
Derived form verb daze1
Verb daze has 2 senses
- daze(v = verb.perception) bedazzle, dazzle - to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights" is one way to blind
- daze(v = verb.perception) bedaze, stun - overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her" is one way to desensitise, desensitize
Derived form noun daze2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derived form noun daze1
Sample sentences:
The bad news will daze him
The performance is likely to daze Sue
OXFORD DICTIONARY
daze, v. & n.
--v.tr. stupefy, bewilder.
--n. a state of confusion or bewilderment (in a daze).
--v.tr. stupefy, bewilder.
--n. a state of confusion or bewilderment (in a daze).
Derivative
dazedly adv.
Etymology
ME dased past part., f. ON dasathr weary
THESAURUS
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, whirlROGET THESAURUS
daze
Wonder
VB wonder, marvel, admire, be surprised, start, stare, open one's eyes, rub one's eyes, turn up one's eyes, gloar, gape, open one's mouth, hold one's breath, look aghast, stand aghast, stand agog, look blank, tombe des nues, not believe one's eyes, not believe one's ears, not believe one's senses, not be able to account for, not know whether one stands on one's head or one's, surprise, astonish, amaze, astound, dumfound, dumfounder, startle, dazzle, daze, strike, strike with wonder, strike with awe, electrify, stun, stupefy, petrify, confound, bewilder, flabbergast, stagger, throw on one's beam ends, fascinate, turn the head, take away one's breath, strike dumb, make one's hair stand on end, make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mout, make one stare, take by surprise, be wonderful, beggar description, beggar the imagination, baffle description, stagger belief.Light
VB shine, glow, glitter, glister, glisten, twinkle, gleam, flare, flare up, glare, beam, shimmer, glimmer, flicker, sparkle, scintillate, coruscate, flash, blaze, be bright, reflect light, daze, dazzle, bedazzle, radiate, shoot out beams, fulgurate, clear up, brighten, lighten, enlighten, levin, light, light up, irradiate, shine upon, give out a light, hang out a light, cast light upon, cast light in, throw light upon, throw light in, shed light upon, shed luster upon, illume, illumine, illuminate, relume, strike a light, kindle.
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