dazed

adjective

ˈdāzd 

: 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

She sat confused and dazed after hearing the news.

also : characteristic of one who is dazed

had a dazed look on her face

dazedly

ˈdā-zəd-lē 

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

dazedness

ˈdā-zəd-nəs 

ˈdāzd-

noun

… mistaking for dazedness the profound concentration of his mind.

—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

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

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

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above