: 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
Jack LondonShe sat confused and dazed after hearing the news.
also
: characteristic of one who is dazed
had a dazed look on her face
dazedly
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
J. K. Rowling
dazedness
ˈdā-zəd-nəs 
noun
ˈdāzd-
… mistaking for dazedness the profound concentration of his mind.
—Booth Tarkington
Booth Tarkington
Examples of dazed in a Sentence
the dazed goalie could only watch as the winning point went flying past him
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Some seemed visibly dazed to suddenly be back in their homeland.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Planned or not, that mess is smoothed out as the film proceeds, and Washington’s performance goes from languorous and dazed to razor-sharp and darkly humorous—reminiscent of the work he’s done for Lee in the past.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
Jaron was tall and thin, with conjoined eyebrows, his usual mien the dazed air of someone just getting off a long flight.
—Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
The woman called her daughter but was too dazed to explain what had happened.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Planned or not, that mess is smoothed out as the film proceeds, and Washington’s performance goes from languorous and dazed to razor-sharp and darkly humorous—reminiscent of the work he’s done for Lee in the past.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
Jaron was tall and thin, with conjoined eyebrows, his usual mien the dazed air of someone just getting off a long flight.
—Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
The woman called her daughter but was too dazed to explain what had happened.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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“Dazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dazed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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