Daze
(verb)
- To stun or bewilder, especially by a sudden blow or loud noise.
- To confuse or bewilder someone.
Origin:
Late middle english (in the sense "stupefy"): from middle dutch dasen "stun", from a west germanic word meaning "dazzle".
Examples:
- The loud explosion dazed him for a moment.
- The bright light dazed her and she couldn't see anything.
- The new information dazed him, he didn't know what to think.
- The fast pace of the city dazed the small-town boy.
- She was dazed by the enormity of the situation and didn't know what to do.