dazed
Reeling from shock
Dazed describes a state of confused disorientation, as if stunned by a blow or shock.
Someone dazed by an accident may stagger or stare blankly.
The word extends to mental states: dazed by grief, dazed and confused after the news.
A daze is the condition itself: She wandered through the day in a daze.
Unable to understand
- perplexedThoroughly confused, uncertain
- baffledUtterly unable to understand
- puzzledConfused by something unclear
- befuddledMentally confused, disoriented
flummoxed · mystified · nonplussed · discombobulated · muddled · disoriented · addled · foggy
Deeply startled or appalled
- astonishedGreatly shocked, overwhelmed
- flabbergastedOverwhelmed with amazement
- gobsmackedExtremely astonished
- thunderstruckExtremely shocked or amazed
stupefied · aghast · speechless · dumbstruck · shell-shocked · staggered · reeling · floored
Weak and unsteady
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
- woozyDizzy and confused
- dizzySensation of spinning
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
faint · wobbly · vertiginous · spinning · swaying · staggering · punch-drunk · concussed
Prevail against difficulty
- overpoweredExcessively dominant or conquered
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
flooded · bombarded · exhausted · stressed · overwrought · overloaded · saturated · shell-shocked
Mentally broken by combat
- traumatizedEmotionally damaged by experience
- reelingUnsteady from shock
- aftermathResults following an event
- concussedBrain-shaken by impact
accident · impact · jolt · whiplash · collision · post-traumatic · dissociated · blank stare
confused
Unable to understand
- perplexedThoroughly confused, uncertain
- baffledUtterly unable to understand
- puzzledConfused by something unclear
befuddled · flummoxed · mystified · nonplussed · discombobulated · muddled · disoriented · addled · foggy · unclear
shocked
Deeply startled or appalled
- astonishedGreatly shocked, overwhelmed
- flabbergastedOverwhelmed with amazement
- gobsmackedExtremely astonished
thunderstruck · stupefied · aghast · speechless · dumbstruck · shell-shocked · staggered · reeling · floored · blindsided
groggy
Weak and unsteady
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
- woozyDizzy and confused
- dizzySensation of spinning
unsteady · faint · wobbly · vertiginous · spinning · swaying · staggering · punch-drunk · concussed · bleary
overcome
Prevail against difficulty
- overpoweredExcessively dominant or conquered
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
engulfed · flooded · bombarded · exhausted · stressed · overwrought · overloaded · saturated · shell-shocked · traumatized
shell-shocked
Mentally broken by combat
- traumatizedEmotionally damaged by experience
- reelingUnsteady from shock
- aftermathResults following an event
concussed · accident · impact · jolt · whiplash · collision · post-traumatic · dissociated · blank stare · thousand-yard stare
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- dazed statesstunned, foggy, groggy, confused, stupor
- consciousness statesunconscious, conscious, awake, alert, sleep
- Knockoutsknockout, KO, TKO, technical knockout, knockout punch
- moodshappy, sad, angry, anxious, excited
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
dazedclearheaded
Mentally focused and rational
lucid · sharp · focused · coherent · unconfused
- in a dazeMentally confused, unfocused
- Dazed and ConfusedStunned and mentally unclear
daze, bedazzle, bedazzled, dazes, dazedly, dazing, bedazzling, dazedness, bedazzlement