Dazed
[dezd]
Definition
(adj.) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; 'he had a dazed expression on his face'; 'lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow'; 'was stupid from fatigue' .
(adj.) stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) .
Editor: Lois--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Daze
Editor: Lucius
Examples
- Be dazed if I should like a relation of mine to have been made such a fool of by a man. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- With a dazed face the banker made out the required check. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He sat silent, dazed with inarticulate pain. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- What with her natural blindness, and what with the change from dark to light, she stood as one dazed, blinking about her to see where and who we were. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Fortunately he was most of his time dazed and half gone. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He seemed not so much sorry, as scared and dazed like, by what had happened. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I stood for a minute or two to collect myself, for I was dazed with the horror of the thing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- If they wouldn't I'll be dazed! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Your words have dazed me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Pretty, clever Miss Fairlie, and poor dazed Anne Catherick were nearer to each other then than they are now! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Her head felt dazed and numb. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I woke up in a strange room, as it seemed to me, and made my way out into the street in a sort of dazed way when you were absent. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He passed his hand over his forehead like a man who is half dazed, and then fell rather than sat down upon a chair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But how could I, a poor dazed village lad, avoid that wonderful inconsistency into which the best and wisest of men fall every day? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Half dazed, I went into the station and asked about the morning train. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She was quite lost and dazed, really dead to her own life. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In Britain particularly for some weeks the peace-time routine continued in a slightly dazed fashion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Since then she has looked like a woman in a dream, half dazed, and with terror always lurking in her eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Is it to be wondered at if my thoughts were dazed, as my eyes were, when I came out into the natural light from the misty yellow rooms? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Loerke roused himself on the snow, too dazed and hurt to get up. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She lifted her arm high to aim once more, straight down on the head that lay dazed on the table. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She had suffered so bitterly when he did not come, that still she was dazed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Gudrun went on her way half dazed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was a world dazed and stunned. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The man was so dazed that he could not be made to understand that we were anything but doctors who had been sent to his assistance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The older man seemed numbed and dazed with a heavy, sullen expression upon his strongly-marked face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Ursula was dazed, her mind was all gone. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I have heerd they're a pack of spiritless, down-trodden men; welly clemmed to death; too much dazed wi' clemming to know when they're put upon. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Editor: Lucius