daze

1. 1.

   to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light

   “She was dazzled by the bright headlights”

   Synonymsdazzlebedazzle

   Broaderblind
2. 2.

   overcome as with astonishment or disbelief

   “The news stunned her”

   Synonymsstunbedaze

   Broaderdesensitize

Other forms of daze

plural

dazes·

past tense

dazed·

present participle

dazing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about daze

What does daze mean?

daze means "the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in daze?

daze has 1 syllable: daze. In IPA it is /ˈdeɪz/.

What is another word for daze?

Close synonyms include shock, stupor, fog, haze, dazzle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is daze a common word?

daze is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with daze?

4 words rhyme with daze. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.