Antonyms
Other Words
- daze noun //He flung his bat in a daze and made a slow trot around the bases … — Steve Wulf //He sometimes finds himself so focused on cyberspace that he falls into a kind of computer daze, losing all track of time. — Leslie Miller
Examples
- //the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented
- //a skier dazed by the glare from the snow
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English dasen, from Old Norse *dasa; akin to Old Norse dasask to become exhausteddaze
verb
Synonyms (Entry 1 of 2)
- to make senseless or dizzy by a blow //the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disorientedRelated WordsAntonyms
Other Words
- daze noun //He flung his bat in a daze and made a slow trot around the bases … — Steve Wulf //He sometimes finds himself so focused on cyberspace that he falls into a kind of computer daze, losing all track of time. — Leslie Miller
Examples
- //the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented
- //a skier dazed by the glare from the snow
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English dasen, from Old Norse *dasa; akin to Old Norse dasask to become exhausteddaze
verb
Synonyms (Entry 1 of 2)
- to make senseless or dizzy by a blow //the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disorientedRelated WordsAntonyms
Other Words
- daze noun //He flung his bat in a daze and made a slow trot around the bases … — Steve Wulf //He sometimes finds himself so focused on cyberspace that he falls into a kind of computer daze, losing all track of time. — Leslie Miller
Examples
- //the fall dazed him for a moment, causing him to become disoriented
- //a skier dazed by the glare from the snow
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English dasen, from Old Norse *dasa; akin to Old Norse dasask to become exhausted