in a daze
Not quite present
In a daze describes a state of mental fog or confusion, as if stunned or disoriented.
Someone in a daze may have just received shocking news, woken from deep sleep, or suffered a blow to the head: She wandered around in a daze after the accident.
The phrase suggests being physically present but mentally elsewhere.
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- in a fogMentally unclear, disoriented
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- zoned outMentally checked out
float · stare · spaced out · checked out · brain fog · confusion · shell-shocked · shock · punch-drunk · fatigue · bewilderment · dissociation · sensory overload · vacant · absent · not all there · grogginess · half asleep
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
in a dazealert
Warning or watchfulness
sharp · clear-headed · clearheaded · lucid · wide awake
in a dazepresent
Gift or current moment
in the moment · engaged · tuned in · plugged in · connected
in a dazeattentive
Paying close notice
present · engaged · tuned in · on the ball · plugged in
dazed, dazzle, daze, dazzling, dazzles, bedazzle, bedazzled, dazes, dazzler