daze

[US]/deɪz/
[UK]/deɪz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to make someone unable to react correctly, to confuse or bewilder someone.

Phrases & Collocations

in a daze

dazed and confused

Example Sentences

he was walking around in a daze .

dazed with the heat and noise.

He was in a dazed state.

she was dazed by his revelations.

a vacant daze that leads to formless wool-gathering.

He looked dazed with drugs.

I still felt a little dazed.

a splendour that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue.

After the explosion of the storehouse the storekeeper was dazed.

She looked dazed and frightened.

The punch left him dazed and bleeding.

he's dazed at being called on to speak before quality.

9 see joke: Mi Luo is dazed, disgusting, bedfast, slept a few days to also had disappeared to turn.

Real-world Examples

The lecture was so dull that many students dazed off.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book 2.

“Hagrid, ” muttered Harry, still dazed, looking around. “HAGRID? ”

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

You'd think a total daze was reigning on board.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

I blinked, still dazed. " Which one is that? "

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

Good Lord! I was in a daze. My head spun. I almost went crazy.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 1

In a daze, I place my hand in his and we shake.

Source: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

Poor Wilbur was dazed and frightened by this hullabaloo (ruckus, uproar, confusion).

Source: Charlotte's Web

He stood there, dazed and frightened, holding the empty tray in his hand.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

Mr. McKee awoke from his doze and started in a daze toward the door.

Source: The Great Gatsby (Original Version)

" Yes—yes—a boy, " said Lupin again, who seemed dazed by his own happiness.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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