Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb daze
2 senses of daze
Sense 1
dazzle, bedazzle, daze -- (to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights")
=> blind -- (render unable to see)
Sense 2
stun, bedaze, daze -- (overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her")
=> desensitize, desensitise -- (cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized")
Antonyms of adj dazed
2 senses of dazed
Sense 1
dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid (predicate) -- (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")
INDIRECT (VIA confused) -> clearheaded, clear-thinking -- (not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently)
Sense 2
dazed, foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous -- (stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion))
INDIRECT (VIA lethargic) -> energetic -- (possessing or exerting or displaying energy; "an energetic fund raiser for the college"; "an energetic group of hikers"; "it caused an energetic chemical reaction")
Similarity of adj dazed
2 senses of dazed
Sense 1
dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid (predicate) -- (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")
=> confused (vs. clearheaded) -- (mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused")
Sense 2
dazed, foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous -- (stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion))
=> lethargic (vs. energetic), unenrgetic -- (deficient in alertness or activity; "bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights")