4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: dazed \dazed\ adj. 1. stupefied; conscious but unable to think clearly; -- usually caused by a blow or other shock. Syn: foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 2. stunned from or as if from repeated blows. Syn: punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy. [WordNet 1.5] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: dazed adj 1: in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue" [syn: {stunned}, {stupefied}, {stupid(p)}] 2: stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) [syn: {foggy}, {groggy}, {logy}, {stuporous}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 91 Moby Thesaurus words for "dazed": addled, apish, asinine, at a loss, baffled, bamboozled, batty, beat, bedazzled, befooled, beguiled, besotted, blindfold, blindfolded, brainless, buffaloed, buffoonish, cockeyed, confounded, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, darkened, dazzled, dizzy, dopey, doting, dumb, excecate, fatuitous, fatuous, flaky, floored, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish, fuddled, futile, gaga, goofy, groggy, gulled, hoodwinked, idiotic, imbecile, in a daze, in a dilemma, in suspense, inane, inept, infatuated, insane, knocked silly, kooky, licked, loony, mad, maudlin, mazed, moronic, muddled, mystified, nonplussed, nutty, obscured, on tenterhooks, perplexed, punch-drunk, punchy, puzzled, sappy, screwy, senseless, sentimental, silly, slaphappy, snow-blind, snow-blinded, stuck, stumped, stunned, stupefied, stupid, thoughtless, thrown, wacky, wet, witless, woozy
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