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Dazed

//deɪzd// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    In a state of shock or confusion.

    "The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital."

  2. 2
    Stunned or entranced.
Adjective
  1. 1
    in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock wordnet
  2. 2
    stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of daze form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old Norse dasaðr (“weary”), dasask (“to become weary”), from Proto-Germanic *dasōjan-, from the adjective *daza-, possibly from a variant of Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, support”), related to Armenian դադարել (dadarel, “to settle, stop, end”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old Norse dasaðr (“weary”), dasask (“to become weary”), from Proto-Germanic *dasōjan-, from the adjective *daza-, possibly from a variant of Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, support”), related to Armenian դադարել (dadarel, “to settle, stop, end”).

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