dazed

adjective

ˈdāzd 

: unable to think clearly or act normally due to injury, shock, bewilderment, fatigue, etc.

After a particularly fierce blow, he crawled to his feet, too dazed to rush.

—Jack London

She sat confused and dazed after hearing the news.

also : characteristic of one who is dazed

had a dazed look on her face

dazedly

ˈdā-zəd-lē 

adverb

… a lethargy so complete that he could lie on his bed for an hour at a time, staring dazedly into space …

—J. K. Rowling

dazedness

ˈdā-zəd-nəs 

ˈdāzd-

noun

… mistaking for dazedness the profound concentration of his mind.

—Booth Tarkington

Synonyms

• addle
• addled
• addlepated
• bedeviled
• befogged
• befuddled
• bemused
• bewildered
• bushed [chiefly Australian]
• confounded
• confused
• distracted
• dizzy
• dopey
• dopy
• fogged
• mixed-up
• muddleheaded
• muzzy
• pixilated
• pixillated
• punch-drunk
• punchy
• raddled
• shell-shocked
• silly
• slaphappy
• spaced-out
• spaced
• spacey
• spacy
• stunned
• stupefied
• zonked
• zonked-out

Examples of dazed in a Sentence

the dazed goalie could only watch as the winning point went flying past him

Recent Examples on the Web

Spin doctors are not new to presidential debates, but with fewer people having seen the full event in context, there will be more opportunity for selectively editing clips by the right to make Biden appear dazed and confused or by the left to show Trump as a bigot and a bully. —Susan Fillippeli, The Conversation, 25 June 2024

Under its shade lay around a dozen dazed looking families, many with small children. —Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 24 June 2024

The bright, dazed chaos shut down Koreatown for several long minutes. —Kinza Shenn, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 May 2024

However, this State of Play also dropped trailers that left us dazed and confused. —Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above