dazed
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
unable to think clearly or act normally because you are shocked, tired, or have been hit on the head.
experiencing a state of mental confusion or disorientation, often following a physical impact or a psychological shock.
Simple“He walked out of the crashed car looking dazed but otherwise unhurt.”
In context“The survivors stood on the pavement with dazed expressions, struggling to comprehend the scale of the destruction around them.”
SynonymsAntonymsalertclear headed
“The 23-year-old appeared dazed as he received medical treatment and was helped off the pitch.”
From Middle English, from Old Norse dasaðr (“weary”), dasask (“to become weary”), from Proto-Germanic dasōjan-, from the adjective daza-, possibly from a variant of Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold, support”), related to Armenian դադարել (dadarel, “to settle, stop, end”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.