Dazed and Confused
Stunned and bewildered
A state of mental disorientation and bewilderment, often from shock, exhaustion, or intoxication.
The phrase gained currency as the title of a 1969 Led Zeppelin song and a 1993 film about aimless teenagers.
Used to describe anyone who seems stunned or unable to think clearly: After the accident, witnesses found him dazed and confused.
- bewilderedThoroughly puzzled and confused
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
- out of itLacking awareness or alertness
- hazyUnclear, indistinct
- foggyObscured by vapor
stunned · seeing stars · groggy · spaced · spaced out · zoned · zoned out · bleary · muddled · woozy · stoned · tripped · high · seventies · high school · coming of age · classic rock · Led Zeppelin
- 1993 FilmsJurassic Park, Schindler's List, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Fugitive, Groundhog Day
- Drug FilmsTrainspotting, Candy, Less Than Zero, A Scanner Darkly, The Basketball Diaries
- Richard LinklaterBefore Sunrise, Slacker, A Scanner Darkly, School of Rock, Bernie
- coming-of-agecoming-of-age, bildungsroman, growing up, maturation, youth
- Ensemble FilmsThe Breakfast Club, Love Actually, Nashville, Grand Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums
- Cult FilmsEraserhead, The Room, Donnie Darko, Napoleon Dynamite, Army of Darkness
Dazed and Confusedcalm and collected
Emotionally steady, unflustered
composed · together · self-assured · clear-eyed · unflappable
Dazed and ConfusedRudy
Masculine given name
The Breakfast Club · Dead Poets Society · Remember the Titans · The Social Network · Top Gun
daze, dazes, dazing, dazedly, confuse, confused, confuses, confusing, confusion