: 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
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
Recent Examples on the Web
However, this State of Play also dropped trailers that left us dazed and confused.
—Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
Collectively wincing at the brutal spill, Hernandez and Johnson immediately turn heel and flee the scene while Elordi still lays dazed on the ground.
—EW.com, 17 Jan. 2024
The images of a dazed, unshaved Diniz walking out of captivity were on the front pages of all the country’s newspapers and the case helped shape an anti-kidnapping law.
—Fabiola Moura, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
Seeing the void of the market at night calls back to the end of the first episode, when a dazed Margaret, having just let light and Blondie back into her life at the diner, goes back to the scene of the disappearance, and walks through its shuttered strait of vendors.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 Jan. 2024
Whether mimicking the dazed inner world of Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla or mirroring sadness felt across the planet, femmes online appear set on projecting an image of despair, or something vaguely mysterious, all in shades of blue.
—Emily Leibert, Allure, 25 Jan. 2024
After a long, hushed conversation with the actress Brie Larson, Novak walked across the patio, looking a bit dazed.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
In the dark, people scrambled to dig for survivors and directed the wounded, dazed and bloody, away from the site.
—Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
Nissel, who wore a yarmulke, was left dazed and bloodied by the attack.
—Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 1 Feb. 2024
Collectively wincing at the brutal spill, Hernandez and Johnson immediately turn heel and flee the scene while Elordi still lays dazed on the ground.
—EW.com, 17 Jan. 2024
The images of a dazed, unshaved Diniz walking out of captivity were on the front pages of all the country’s newspapers and the case helped shape an anti-kidnapping law.
—Fabiola Moura, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
Seeing the void of the market at night calls back to the end of the first episode, when a dazed Margaret, having just let light and Blondie back into her life at the diner, goes back to the scene of the disappearance, and walks through its shuttered strait of vendors.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 Jan. 2024
Whether mimicking the dazed inner world of Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla or mirroring sadness felt across the planet, femmes online appear set on projecting an image of despair, or something vaguely mysterious, all in shades of blue.
—Emily Leibert, Allure, 25 Jan. 2024
After a long, hushed conversation with the actress Brie Larson, Novak walked across the patio, looking a bit dazed.
—Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
In the dark, people scrambled to dig for survivors and directed the wounded, dazed and bloody, away from the site.
—Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
Nissel, who wore a yarmulke, was left dazed and bloodied by the attack.
—Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
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“Dazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dazed. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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