daze
pronunciation
How to pronounce daze in British English:
UK [deɪz]
How to pronounce daze in American English:
US [deɪz]
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- Noun:
- the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
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- Verb:
- to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
- overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
Word Origin
- daze (v.)
- early 14c., dasen, perhaps from Old Norse *dasa (compare dasask "to become weary," with reflexive suffix -sk). Or perhaps from Middle Dutch dasen "act silly." Perhaps originally "to make weary with cold," which is the sense of Icelandic dasask (from the Old Norse word). Related: Dazed.
- daze (n.)
- "a dazed condition," 1825, from daze (v.).
Example
- 1. No wonder sometimes daze sigh .
- 2. His hands ran absentmindedly up and down my spine , as I was lulled into a daze .
- 3. Sigh : people getting higher and higher levels of trance and sleepwalking do things can be done when a daze !
- 4. My hands snaked its way around his neck as he leaned in for a kiss-i already glazed over in a daze .
- 5. I didn 't sleep well last night , so I feel like I 'm in a daze now .