as in daze
a state of mental confusion
a degree of dazedness that only the truly dissolute ever get to experience
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Noun
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Austin Butler going viral for his dancing at Bad Bunny's Puerto Rico residency in an edibles-induced daze.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025 -
Patrons lounged in a smoky daze; men wearing fedoras played mah-jongg.—
Dennis Zhou,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
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The bag of tricks–Ikue Mori sample-trigger rituals, Orange Milk-adjacent MIDI choir theatrics, Valentina Magaletti kitchen-sink drum thwacking, dubby Sun Araw haze–is endless, but cohesive.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Ektachrome had an additional advantage, which was to give the film the nostalgic haze of an old home movie.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Dazedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dazedness. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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