dazed

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
  2. verb overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
  3. adjective in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

dazzle, bedazzle, daze

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