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daze en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /deɪz/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English, back-formation from dazed. Compare Old Norse dasask (“to become weary”), with reflexive suffix -sk, Swedish dasa (“lie idly”), and Icelandic dasask (“to make weary with cold”). Also compare Proto-Germanic *dusāną, to slumber. Alternatively from Middle Dutch dasen (“act silly”).

Meanings

  1. The state of being dazed
    • He was in a daze.
  2. A glittering stone.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dazes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

blue daze

Synonyms

spin

Translations (20)

ro stupefacție (the state of being dazed) · ru ошеломле́ние (the state of being dazed) · ru слюда́ (a glittering stone) · fi hämmennys (the state of being dazed) · it trasognamento (the state of being dazed) · bg замаяност (the state of being dazed) · pt atordoamento (the state of being dazed) · pt aturdimento (the state of being dazed) · es aturdimiento (the state of being dazed) · ru оцепене́ние (the state of being dazed) · ro uluire (the state of being dazed) · de Benommenheit (the state of being dazed) · ru изумле́ние (the state of being dazed) · fr stupéfaction (the state of being dazed) · hi आश्चर्य (the state of being dazed) · hu kábulat (the state of being dazed) · ro stupoare (the state of being dazed) · fi pökerrys (the state of being dazed) · bg шемет (the state of being dazed) · hi विस्मय (the state of being dazed)

daze en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /deɪz/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English, back-formation from dazed. Compare Old Norse dasask (“to become weary”), with reflexive suffix -sk, Swedish dasa (“lie idly”), and Icelandic dasask (“to make weary with cold”). Also compare Proto-Germanic *dusāną, to slumber. Alternatively from Middle Dutch dasen (“act silly”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.
    • Near-synonyms: confuse, benumb

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dazing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dazes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
dazed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dazed Tense=Past lexicographic

Coordinates

blind · dazzle

Deriveds

dazzle · dazy · bedaze · adaze · dazingly · dazen

Synonyms

benumb · confuse

Translations (34)

ru изуми́ть (to stun or stupefy) · cmn 使發昏 /使发昏 (to stun or stupefy) · hu elkábít (to stun or stupefy) · fi pökerryttää (to stun or stupefy) · ja 間誤付かせる (to stun or stupefy) · ro zăpăci (to stun or stupefy) · io konfuzeskar (to stun or stupefy) · da bedøve (to stun or stupefy) · hi अचरज (to stun or stupefy) · ro ului (to stun or stupefy) · ro stupefia (to stun or stupefy) · mi whakahinamoe (to stun or stupefy) · ru изумля́ть (to stun or stupefy) · es aturdir (to stun or stupefy) · de betäuben (to stun or stupefy) · fi huumata (to stun or stupefy) · sv bedöva (to stun or stupefy) · fr abasourdir (to stun or stupefy) · bg замайвам (to stun or stupefy) · it stordire (to stun or stupefy) · pl oszałamiać (to stun or stupefy) · pt aturdir (to stun or stupefy) · hu kábít (to stun or stupefy) · pt ofuscar (to stun or stupefy) · ru ошеломи́ть (to stun or stupefy) · cmn 使茫然 (to stun or stupefy) · bg зашеметявам (to stun or stupefy) · nl versuffen (to stun or stupefy) · pt atordoar (to stun or stupefy) · ca atordir (to stun or stupefy) · fr étourdir (to stun or stupefy) · es encandilar (to stun or stupefy) · ru ошеломля́ть (to stun or stupefy) · no bedøve (to stun or stupefy)