daze

verb

ˈdāz 

dazed; dazing

transitive verb

1

: to stupefy especially by a blow : stun

The first punch dazed him.

were dazed by his response

2

: to dazzle with light

dazed by the bright sun

daze noun

He flung his bat in a daze and made a slow trot around the bases …

—Steve Wulf

He sometimes finds himself so focused on cyberspace that he falls into a kind of computer daze, losing all track of time.

—Leslie Miller

Synonyms

• stun

Examples of daze in a Sentence

the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented

a skier dazed by the glare from the snow

Recent Examples on the Web

Firefighters were trying to put out flames, others were trying to find victims inside, Sanford's truck was still there and church members who'd just survived the horror were on the lawn, dazed. —Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025

The clip shows Britt going to pet Roger, who appears dazed in his unfamiliar surroundings. —Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025

The young men in Bruins blue and gold staggering off the field afterwards dazed, confused. —Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025

Video from the scene soon after the attack showed numerous children wandering dazed, covered in blood and dust. —Mahmoud Atef, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English dasen, from Old Norse *dasa; akin to Old Norse dasask to become exhausted

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for daze

• baize
• bays
• blase
• blaze
• braes
• braze
• chaise
• claes
• clays
• craze
• dais
• days

Kids Definition

daze

1 of 2 verb

ˈdāz

dazed; dazing

1

: to stun especially by a blow

the boxer was dazed by blows to the head

2

: to dazzle with light

daze

2 of 2 noun

: the state of being dazed