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daze

/deɪz/

daze noun: the state of being dazed.

Noun

daze (plural dazes)

  1. The state of being dazed
    • He was in a daze.
    Synonyms:
    spin
  2. A glittering stone.

Verb

daze (third-person singular simple present dazes, present participle dazing, simple past and past participle dazed)

  1. (transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.
    • Near-synonyms: confuse, benumb
    Synonyms:
    confuse, benumb

daze meaning in Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada

daze in Hindi

the state of being dazed
विस्मय vismay, आश्चर्य āścarya
to stun or stupefy
अचरज acraj

daze in Malayalam

ഭ്രമിപ്പിക്കുക, പരിഭ്രമിപ്പിക്കുക, വലിയ പ്രകാശംകൊണ്ടു കണ്ണു മഞ്ചിപ്പിക്കുക, സ്തബ്ധനാക്കുക

daze in Kannada

ತಬ್ಬಿಬ್ಬಾಗು, ಬೇಳುವೆಗೊಳ್ಳು

Synonyms of daze

Forms of daze

Noun
pluraldazes
Verb
third-person singular presentdazes
present participledazing
past participledazed
pastdazed

Origin of daze

From Middle English, back-formation from dazed. Compare Old Norse dasask (“to become weary”), with reflexive suffix -sk, Swedish dasa (“lie idly”), and Icelandic dasask (“to make weary with cold”). Also compare Proto-Germanic *dusāną, to slumber. Alternatively from Middle Dutch dasen (“act silly”).

Words formed from daze

Words that rhyme with daze

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Questions about daze

What does daze mean?
Daze means the state of being dazed.
What is daze in Hindi?
Daze in Hindi is विस्मय (vismay), आश्चर्य (āścarya), अचरज (acraj). See Daze meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is daze?
Daze can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce daze?
Daze is pronounced /deɪz/.
What is the plural of daze?
The plural of daze is dazes.

Words near daze in the dictionary

  1. Daza
  2. Dazachacon
  3. Dazas
  4. dazatinib
  5. Dazbog
  6. daze
  7. dazed
  8. dazedly
  9. dazedness
  10. dazen
  11. dazened

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: daze (page history and authors); daze (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); daze (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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