Synonyms of dazed

dazed 1 of 2

adjective

ˈdāzd 

as in bewildered

suffering from mental confusion

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bewildered
• confused
• stunned
• distracted
• dizzy
• bemused
• befuddled
• silly
• stupefied
• punch-drunk
• out of it
• shell-shocked
• fogged
• muddleheaded
• dopey
• unconscious
• addled
• at sea
• raddled
• mixed-up
• pixilated
• spacey
• punchy
• befogged
• confounded
• slaphappy
• bedeviled
• muzzy
• addle
• zonked
• zonked-out
• bushed
• addlepated
• spaced-out
• senseless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conscious
• clearheaded
• alert

dazed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of daze

1

as in stunned

to make senseless or dizzy by a blow

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stunned
• paralyzed
• rocked
• punched
• struck
• hit
• stupefied
• slammed
• knocked silly
• deadened
• benumbed
• numbed
• smacked
• knocked out
• slapped
• knocked for a loop
• pounded
• battered
• banged
• whacked
• pummeled
• chopped
• socked
• buffeted
• thumped
• bludgeoned
• mangled
• smote
• clobbered
• knocked down
• hammered
• bopped
• mauled
• pasted
• slugged
• bowled over
• bashed
• cuffed
• clocked
• rapped
• beat
• swatted
• walloped
• clouted
• bonked
• pelted
• thwacked
• belted
• bunged
• whaled
• drubbed

2

as in blinded

to overpower with light

a skier dazed by the glare from the snow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blinded
• stunned
• dazzled
• overwhelmed
• confused
• bedazzled
• overpowered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dazed

Adjective

Nina emerges, dazed but uninjured, her cellphone intact, her boyfriend Ben vanished. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

Belgium continued to look dangerous and the US just looked dazed as the first half continued. — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Verb

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