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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue" [syn: dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid]
2: stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) [syn: dazed, foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Daze Daze (d[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazed (d[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dazing.] [OE. dasen, prob. from Icel. dasask to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie idle, and OD. daesen to be foolish, insane, daes, dwaes, D. dwaas, foolish, insane, AS. dw[=ae]s, dysig, stupid. [root]71. Cf. Dizzy, Doze.] To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb. While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. --Spenser. Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world. --Sir H. Taylor. He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. --Dickens.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone is dazed, they are confused and unable to think clearly, often because of shock or a blow to the head. At the end of the interview I was dazed and exhausted. = confused ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

addled, apish, asinine, at a loss, baffled, bamboozled, batty, beat, bedazzled, befooled, beguiled, besotted, blindfold, blindfolded, brainless, buffaloed, buffoonish, cockeyed, confounded, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, darkened, dazzled, dizzy, dopey, doting, dumb, excecate, fatuitous, fatuous, flaky, floored, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish, fuddled, futile, gaga, goofy, groggy, gulled, hoodwinked, idiotic, imbecile, in a daze, in a dilemma, in suspense, inane, inept, infatuated, insane, knocked silly, kooky, licked, loony, mad, maudlin, mazed, moronic, muddled, mystified, nonplussed, nutty, obscured, on tenterhooks, perplexed, punch-drunk, punchy, puzzled, sappy, screwy, senseless, sentimental, silly, slaphappy, snow-blind, snow-blinded, stuck, stumped, stunned, stupefied, stupid, thoughtless, thrown, wacky, wet, witless, woozy