dazed
/deɪzd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.13 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
In a state of shock or confusion.
verb
simple past and past participle of daze
Example Sentences
- "The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital."
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, dasaðr, *dasōjan-, *dʰer-
Inflected Forms
more dazed (comparative)
most dazed (superlative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
dazed and confused