as in haze
a state of mental confusion
she was in a daze for a minute after being hit on the head by a volleyball
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as in to stun
to make senseless or dizzy by a blow
the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented
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Recent Examples of daze
City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
The adults—the teachers, the cops—are overwhelmed, ineffective, dazed.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
As the public faces of that process, Winstanley and Stewart are understandably lightning rods for a fanbase still dazed and dismayed by the club’s post-Abramovich reality.
—Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Sox fans were dazed and confused.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Some of the animals suffer seizures and tremors, while others seem dazed.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
The adults—the teachers, the cops—are overwhelmed, ineffective, dazed.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
As the public faces of that process, Winstanley and Stewart are understandably lightning rods for a fanbase still dazed and dismayed by the club’s post-Abramovich reality.
—Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Sox fans were dazed and confused.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daze
Noun
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In June 2023, a surreal glowing orange haze descended on New York City and across other East Coast locations as winds concentrated and redirected smoke from Canada wildfires.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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With the haze of inexplicable death clouding every sequence, The Virgin Suicides reset the barometric pressure of teen movies.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2025
Verb
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When Anderson heard that his friend was assaulted, the musician was stunned.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2025
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Seth Jones scored a goal and an assist, and Dmitry Kulikov and Brad Marchand scored 3:46 apart in the second period to stun the rabid crowd.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
Verb
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The notion of truth is almost destroyed so that we are blinded by what is happening.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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Having been accidentally blinded as a child by a stink bomb, Jenna uses her other senses to receive information.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
8 June 2025
Noun
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The bartenders stop pouring, the light smears into a soft crimson fog.—
Jeff Weiss,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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The regulatory bias against 401(k) crypto may be lifting, but that doesn’t mean the fog has dissipated.—
Chris Carosa,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
Noun
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The music ranges widely and might include Italo disco, trance, house and dark techno.—
Valeriya Safronova,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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While Anoushka’s work is still rooted in the age-old classical traditions of India, her trilogy deftly incorporates elements of trance, ambient and other more contemporary Western electronic music styles to create an often-melancholic old world/new world synthesis.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Daze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daze. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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