dazed
adj.adj. feeling confused and unable to think clearly, usually because of a shock, a loud noise, or a hit to the head.
adj. experiencing a state of mental confusion or stunned disorientation. Often used predicatively after linking verbs like 'feel', 'look', or 'seem'.
He felt dazed after the car accident.
The loud explosion left everyone in the room dazed and unsure of what to do next.
Emerging from the dark theatre into the bright afternoon sun, the audience stood dazed for a moment as their eyes adjusted to the sudden glare.
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”).
Typically used as a participial adjective to describe a person's state; often follows 'feel' or 'look'.