DAZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does daze mean? 

• DAZE (noun)
  The noun DAZE has 2 senses:

1. the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

2. confusion characterized by lack of clarity

  Familiarity information: DAZE used as a noun is rare.

• DAZE (verb)
  The verb DAZE has 2 senses:

1. to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light

2. overcome as with astonishment or disbelief

  Familiarity information: DAZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAZE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

daze; shock; stupor

Context example:

he was numb with shock

Hypernyms ("daze" is a kind of...):

stupefaction (a feeling of stupefied astonishment)

Derivation:

daze (overcome as with astonishment or disbelief)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Confusion characterized by lack of clarity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

daze; fog; haze

Hypernyms ("daze" is a kind of...):

confusedness; confusion; disarray; mental confusion; muddiness (a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior)

Derivation:

daze (to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light)

• DAZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they daze    ... he / she / it dazes   
Past simple: dazed   
Past participle: dazed   
-ing form: dazing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

To cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

bedazzle; daze; dazzle

Context example:

She was dazzled by the bright headlights

Hypernyms (to "daze" is one way to...):

blind (render unable to see)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

daze (confusion characterized by lack of clarity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Overcome as with astonishment or disbelief

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

bedaze; daze; stun

Context example:

The news stunned her

Hypernyms (to "daze" is one way to...):

desensitise; desensitize (cause not to be sensitive)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

The bad news will daze him
The performance is likely to daze Sue

Derivation:

daze (the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally)

 Context examples 

Dazed by the rapid succession of blows, Martin warned them back with vile and earnest curses sobbed out and groaned in ultimate desolation and despair.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I stood for a minute or two to collect myself, for I was dazed with the horror of the thing.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was little fight left in the peasants, however, still dazed by the explosion, amazed at their own losses and disheartened by the arrival of the disciplined archers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With the flushed, dazed face of a man who is just recovering from recent intoxication, the landlord was tearing madly about, his hat gone, and his hair and beard flying in the wind.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After surviving a disaster, people may feel dazed or even numb.

(Coping with Disasters, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

You may feel dazed or not your normal self for several days or weeks after the injury.

(Concussion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

The man was so dazed that he could not be made to understand that we were anything but doctors who had been sent to his assistance.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For a space of possibly three seconds of time she had been dazed and paralysed by the horrible and inconceivable form in which the unexpected had made its appearance.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The others were dazed at first, but as remembrance came back to them they cried and sobbed in a hysterical manner.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

After a particularly fierce blow, he crawled to his feet, too dazed to rush.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)