daze

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   Their mother's death left them in a daze.

2. 2
   noun

   The state of being dazed

   He was in a daze.

3. 3
   verb

   To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.

   Near-synonyms: confuse, benumb

4. 4
   noun

   confusion characterized by lack of clarity

5. 5
   verb

   overcome as with astonishment or disbelief

6. 6
   verb

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

7. 7
   noun

   A glittering stone.

Etymology

From Middle English, back-formation from dazed. Compare Old Norse dasask (“to become weary”), with reflexive suffix -sk, Swedish dasa (“lie idly”), and Icelandic dasask (“to make weary with cold”). Also compare Proto-Germanic *dusāną, to slumber. Alternatively from Middle Dutch dasen (“act silly”).