Daze v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazed p. pr. & vb. n. Dazing.] To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.
While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. --Spenser.
Such souls,
Whose sudden visitations daze the world. --Sir H. Taylor.
He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. --Dickens.
dazed
adj 1: 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" [syn: stunned, stupefied,
stupid(p)]
2: stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or
drunkenness or exhaustion) [syn: foggy, groggy, logy,
stuporous]