as in daze
a state of mental confusion
a degree of dazedness that only the truly dissolute ever get to experience
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Noun
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The 19-year-old pledge at Pennsylvania State University died in 2017 after twice falling down the stairs of the Beta Theta Pi house in a drunken daze.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
24 Aug. 2025 -
When Lorenzo Charles plucked an air ball from the sky and slammed home a game-winning dunk, Valvano ran around the court in a daze, looking for someone to hug.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Marilyn Minter adapted Barbara Shermund’s 1925 image of a goddess-like woman in grape-cluster earrings; Minter shot the actor Sadie Sink through glass, creating a dreamy haze.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Through the haze of doom that shrouds climate science shines the passion behind the quest to understand and solve one of the greatest challenges humanity has faced.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Dazedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dazedness. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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