Dazed means stunned and unable to think clearly. Dazed and confused, looked dazed, dazed by the news.
It follows a blow, an accident or sudden news, and it describes a temporary state — dazed wears off, where stunned may not. Dazed and confused is the fixed pair, familiar from accident reports and from the film. Note daze as verb and noun; and that the word came from Old Norse, from an adjective meaning weary.
1adjectivedazedStunned and unable to think clearly.
“He staggered out of the wrecked car, dazed but unhurt.”
synonyms: stunned, bewildered
dazed is a stunned state.
Middle English dased comes from Old Norse dasathr, weary. Dazzle is a related formation, from the same idea of the senses being overwhelmed.
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰer- — to hold, support
Proto-Germanic
*dasōjan-
Old Norse
dasaðr — weary
English, today
dazed
Built from
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 (“to settle, stop, end”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire