daze
Knock someone senseless
Daze describes a state of stunned confusion or bewilderment, as if the mind can't quite process what's happening.
A blow to the head leaves you dazed; shocking news can do the same.
She wandered through the aftermath in a daze.
The word works as both noun and verb—something dazes you, and you're left in a daze.
State of being baffled
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- stuporSuspended sensibility
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
muddle · haze · trance · perplexity · grogginess · blankness · vagueness · oblivion
Intense sudden wonder
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- aweReverent fear and wonder
- stupefactionMental numbness from shock
- bewildermentState of being baffled
marvel · spellbound · transfixed · mesmerized · dumbfounded · thunderstruck · gobsmacked · flabbergasted
Brain injury from impact
- blowMove air forcefully
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- whiplashNeck injury from jerking
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
disorientation · blackout · unconsciousness · collision · accident · fall · injury · trauma
Shocked into speechlessness
- concussedBrain-shaken by impact
- shell-shockedMentally broken by combat
- reelingUnsteady from shock
- stupefiedOverwhelmed into mental blankness
benumbed · insensible · paralyzed · immobilized · incapacitated · woozy · groggy · poleaxed
bewilderment
State of being baffled
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- stuporSuspended sensibility
befuddlement · muddle · haze · trance · perplexity · grogginess · blankness · vagueness · oblivion · stupefaction
astonishment
Intense sudden wonder
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- aweReverent fear and wonder
- stupefactionMental numbness from shock
bewilderment · marvel · spellbound · transfixed · mesmerized · dumbfounded · thunderstruck · gobsmacked · flabbergasted · starstruck
concussion
Brain injury from impact
shock · disorientation · blackout · unconsciousness · collision · accident · fall · injury · trauma · knockout
stunned
Shocked into speechlessness
- concussedBrain-shaken by impact
- shell-shockedMentally broken by combat
- reelingUnsteady from shock
stupefied · benumbed · insensible · paralyzed · immobilized · incapacitated · woozy · groggy · poleaxed · floored
- astonishmentamazement, awe, wonder, wonderstruck, awestruck
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- states of mindawareness, awake, asleep, alert, drowsy
- mental fogbrain fog, cognitive fog, fogginess, haziness, cloudiness
- zoning outzone out, space out, trance, tune out, lose focus
- disorientationconfusion, dizziness, vertigo, bewilderment, fogginess
dazeclarity
State of being understandable
lucidity · clearheadedness · sharpness · levelheadedness · mental acuity
dazealertness
Active mental awareness
awareness · attentiveness · vigilance · wakefulness · responsiveness
dazelevelheadedness
Mental steadiness amid chaos
composure · collectedness · self-possession · equanimity · poise
- in a dazeMentally confused, unfocused
- Dazed and ConfusedStunned and mentally unclear
dazed, bedazzle, bedazzled, dazes, dazedly, dazing, bedazzling, dazedness, bedazzlement