'Daze' definitions:
Definition of 'daze'
(from WordNet)
noun
The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn: daze, shock, stupor]
noun
verb
To cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights" [syn: dazzle, bedazzle, daze]
verb
Definition of 'Daze'
From: GCIDE
- Daze \Daze\ (d[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazed (d[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dazing.] [OE. dasen, prob. from Icel. dasask to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie idle, and OD. daesen to be foolish, insane, daes, dwaes, D. dwaas, foolish, insane, AS. dw[=ae]s, dysig, stupid. [root]71. Cf. Dizzy, Doze.] To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb. [1913 Webster]
- While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world. --Sir H. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Daze'
From: GCIDE
- Daze \Daze\, n.
- 1. The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mining) A glittering stone. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'daze'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addle,
- addle the wits,
- amaze,
- amazed,
- amnesia,
- astonish,
- astonished,
- astound,
- astounded,
- awe,
- awestrike,
- baffle,
- baffled,
- ball up,
- bamboozle,
- bandage,
- be bright,
- beacon,
- beam,
- beat,
- becloud,
- bedaze,
- bedazzle,
- bedazzled,
- befuddle,
- befuddled,
- befuddlement,
- bemuse,
- bemused,
- benight,
- benumb,
- bewilder,
- bewildered,
- bewilderment,
- blaze,
- blind,
- blind the eyes,
- blindfold,
- boggle,
- bother,
- botheration,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- buffalo,
- bug,
- burn,
- catalepsy,
- cataplexy,
- catatonic stupor,
- chaos,
- cloud,
- confound,
- confuse,
- confused,
- confusion,
- darken,
- daydreaming,
- dazzle,
- dazzled,
- deprive of sight,
- diffuse light,
- dim,
- discombobulate,
- discombobulation,
- discomfit,
- discomfiture,
- discompose,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- disconcertion,
- disorder,
- disorganization,
- disorganize,
- disorient,
- disorientation,
- disoriented,
- distract,
- disturb,
- disturbance,
- dizzy,
- dream state,
- dumbfound,
- dumbfounder,
- eclipse,
- embarrass,
- embarrassment,
- entangle,
- excecate,
- flabbergast,
- flabbergasted,
- flame,
- flare,
- flash,
- floor,
- floored,
- flummox,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flustered,
- flutter,
- fog,
- frenzy,
- fuddle,
- fuddlement,
- fugue,
- fugue state,
- fulgurate,
- fuss,
- get,
- give light,
- glance,
- glare,
- gleam,
- glint,
- glow,
- gouge,
- haze,
- hoodwink,
- hypnotic trance,
- in a daze,
- in a trance,
- incandesce,
- jumble,
- keep in suspense,
- lick,
- luster,
- make blind,
- maze,
- mess,
- mist,
- mix up,
- moider,
- muddle,
- muddleheadedness,
- muddlement,
- mystified,
- mystify,
- nonplus,
- nonplussed,
- obscure,
- overcome,
- overpower,
- overpowered,
- overwhelm,
- paralyze,
- perplex,
- perplexed,
- perplexity,
- perturb,
- perturbation,
- petrify,
- pother,
- pucker,
- put out,
- puzzle,
- puzzled,
- radiate,
- raise hell,
- rattle,
- reverie,
- rock,
- ruffle,
- send out rays,
- shine,
- shine brightly,
- shock,
- shocked,
- shoot,
- shoot out rays,
- shuffle,
- sleepwalking,
- snow-blind,
- somnambulism,
- spin,
- stagger,
- staggered,
- startle,
- startled,
- stew,
- stick,
- strike blind,
- strike dead,
- strike dumb,
- strike with wonder,
- stump,
- stun,
- stunned,
- stupefied,
- stupefy,
- stupor,
- surprise,
- surprised,
- sweat,
- swivet,
- throw,
- throw into confusion,
- tizzy,
- trance,
- unsettle,
- unsettlement,
- upset,
- whirl