daze

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

OXFORD DICTIONARY

daze, v. & n.
--v.tr. stupefy, bewilder.
--n. a state of confusion or bewilderment (in a daze).

Derivative

dazedly adv.

Etymology

ME dased past part., f. ON dasathr weary

THESAURUS

daze

addle, addle the wits, amaze, amazed, amnesia, astonish, astonished, astound, astounded, awe, awestrike, baffle, baffled, ball up, bamboozle, bandage, be bright, beacon, beam, beat, becloud, bedaze, bedazzle, bedazzled, befuddle, befuddled, befuddlement, bemuse, bemused, benight, benumb, bewilder, bewildered, bewilderment, blaze, blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, boggle, bother, botheration, bowl down, bowl over, buffalo, bug, burn, catalepsy, cataplexy, catatonic stupor, chaos, cloud, confound, confuse, confused, confusion, darken, daydreaming, dazzle, dazzled, deprive of sight, diffuse light, dim, discombobulate, discombobulation, discomfit, discomfiture, discompose, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertion, disorder, disorganization, disorganize, disorient, disorientation, disoriented, distract, disturb, disturbance, dizzy, dream state, dumbfound, dumbfounder, eclipse, embarrass, embarrassment, entangle, excecate, flabbergast, flabbergasted, flame, flare, flash, floor, floored, flummox, flurry, fluster, flustered, flutter, fog, frenzy, fuddle, fuddlement, fugue, fugue state, fulgurate, fuss, get, give light, glance, glare, gleam, glint, glow, gouge, haze, hoodwink, hypnotic trance, in a daze, in a trance, incandesce, jumble, keep in suspense, lick, luster, make blind, maze, mess, mist, mix up, moider, muddle, muddleheadedness, muddlement, mystified, mystify, nonplus, nonplussed, obscure, overcome, overpower, overpowered, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, perplexed, perplexity, perturb, perturbation, petrify, pother, pucker, put out, puzzle, puzzled, radiate, raise hell, rattle, reverie, rock, ruffle, send out rays, shine, shine brightly, shock, shocked, shoot, shoot out rays, shuffle, sleepwalking, snow-blind, somnambulism, spin, stagger, staggered, startle, startled, stew, stick, strike blind, strike dead, strike dumb, strike with wonder, stump, stun, stunned, stupefied, stupefy, stupor, surprise, surprised, sweat, swivet, throw, throw into confusion, tizzy, trance, unsettle, unsettlement, upset, whirl

ROGET THESAURUS

daze

Wonder

VB wonder, marvel, admire, be surprised, start, stare, open one's eyes, rub one's eyes, turn up one's eyes, gloar, gape, open one's mouth, hold one's breath, look aghast, stand aghast, stand agog, look blank, tombe des nues, not believe one's eyes, not believe one's ears, not believe one's senses, not be able to account for, not know whether one stands on one's head or one's, surprise, astonish, amaze, astound, dumfound, dumfounder, startle, dazzle, daze, strike, strike with wonder, strike with awe, electrify, stun, stupefy, petrify, confound, bewilder, flabbergast, stagger, throw on one's beam ends, fascinate, turn the head, take away one's breath, strike dumb, make one's hair stand on end, make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mout, make one stare, take by surprise, be wonderful, beggar description, beggar the imagination, baffle description, stagger belief.

Light

VB shine, glow, glitter, glister, glisten, twinkle, gleam, flare, flare up, glare, beam, shimmer, glimmer, flicker, sparkle, scintillate, coruscate, flash, blaze, be bright, reflect light, daze, dazzle, bedazzle, radiate, shoot out beams, fulgurate, clear up, brighten, lighten, enlighten, levin, light, light up, irradiate, shine upon, give out a light, hang out a light, cast light upon, cast light in, throw light upon, throw light in, shed light upon, shed luster upon, illume, illumine, illuminate, relume, strike a light, kindle.