DAZED Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈdāzd

Definition of dazed

as in bewildered

suffering from mental confusion the dazed goalie could only watch as the winning point went flying past him

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dazed

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verb

past tense of daze

as in stunned

to make senseless or dizzy by a blow the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented

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as in blinded

to overpower with light a skier dazed by the glare from the snow

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Recent Examples of dazed

Adjective

Daemon struggles to his feet, dazed, and begins cleaving his way through the smouldering city. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The Jayhawks appeared dazed after falling behind 10-1 early before 3,192 enthusiastic fans. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026

Verb

Eleven, the show’s telekinetic heroine, who grew up in a lab, became dazed by the number of clothing options at the Gap. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for dazed

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dazed

Adjective

Five o’clock Saturday, the Riverside Stadium and Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg is fist-pumping a half-bewildered but fully enthused home crowd.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
When kids first got online, parents were bewildered and alarmed, but kids, who tend to gravitate to new technology, found freedom in a space that was basically ungoverned.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of bewildered

Verb

Residents of Dawn Park, the Johannesburg suburb where the ninth body was found on Thursday, were stunned by the discovery.

— Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
In Kosovo's capital, Pristina, thousands of people watched the hearing live on a huge screen and were stunned at the sentence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of stunned

Verb

Of course, Badhon’s salon manager, blinded by dominant ideology, would vehemently disagree.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
Fortunately, more answers should arrive in the near future, based on a larger tranche of data that has been properly blinded.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of blinded

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On the fashion front, Gu dazzled in Iris van Herpen at this year’s edition of the Grand Dîner du Louvre and has attended shows including Chanel’s fall 2026 ready-to-wear and Dior fall 2026 couture shows.

— WWD Staff, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Doyle, eight seasons removed from being a student assistant at Iowa, dazzled in his first game as a play caller at any level.

— Mike Sando, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of dazzled

Adjective

In the moment, however, Martins imbues tremendous intrigue through snippets of the seemingly distracted middle-aged driver, Wesley (Renato Novaes), and eventually, through the crash itself.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Sep. 2026
Following instructions from the kidnappers (unbeknownst to his increasingly agitated comrades), Lee drives out to meet them for the exchange, only to wreck his car and become distracted saving a nearby woman, Hua (Moon Lee).

— Jake Cole, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of distracted

Adjective

What that film didn’t foretell was the Pakistani-American director’s fluent command of dizzy action setpieces.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Several other instances of illness linked to the MBG program have cropped up, including a group of 15 elementary schoolers and a school principal who became nauseous and dizzy after a meal in the Aceh province’s Bener Meriah regency, per the AP.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026

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