daze

Definition

  • noun: a state in which someone (such as a person who has been surprised or injured) is not able to think or act normally
  • verb: to stupefy especially by a blow
  • used in the phrase 'in a daze'
  • synonyms: stun, confuse, benumb

Examples

  • After the test, I spent the rest of the day 'in a daze'.

  • lost 'in a daze'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) we were gonna meet. Good thing you didn't go last night. You would've hated the music, and the crowd, but I had fun. What're you thinking about? You seem like you're in a daze. If I was to tell you that I spent last night with Ernest Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald, - what would you say? (..)
    2011 Midnight in Paris
  • (..) Get him! Don't let him get up! Come on, get up! Get up! Get up! - Get up, O'Neil! - Keep on him! Hit him while he's dazed. Oh, don't you look pretty. Don't start somethin' you can't finish. - Come on! Get up, O'Neil! - Get back, O'Neil! (..)
    1997 G.I. Jane
  • (..) about this manager try the drug doesn't work so please say look here she thanks to that we can't help what you think yeah you think he's still dazed by his good fortune come honeyBun I want to dance with my newest handsomest husband HeLa government no like what you meant (..)
    1943 Hi Diddle Diddle