dazing

[US]/deɪz/
[UK]/deɪz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. rendere qualcuno incapace di reagire correttamente, confondere o disorientare qualcuno.

Phrases & Collocations

in a daze

in stato di trance

dazed and confused

confuso e disorientato

Example Sentences

he was walking around in a daze .

Era a passeggio in uno stato di smarrimento.

dazed with the heat and noise.

Stordito dal caldo e dal rumore.

He was in a dazed state.

Era in uno stato di smarrimento.

she was dazed by his revelations.

Era sbalordita dalle sue rivelazioni.

a vacant daze that leads to formless wool-gathering.

Uno smarrimento vacuo che porta a divagazioni senza forma.

He looked dazed with drugs.

Sembrava stordito dall'uso di droghe.

I still felt a little dazed.

Mi sentivo ancora un po' stordito.

a splendour that dazed the mind and dumbed the tongue.

Uno splendore che stordiva la mente e rendeva muta la lingua.

After the explosion of the storehouse the storekeeper was dazed.

Dopo l'esplosione del magazzino, il negoziante era stordito.

She looked dazed and frightened.

Sembrava stordita e spaventata.

The punch left him dazed and bleeding.

Il pugno lo ha lasciato stordito e sanguinante.

he's dazed at being called on to speak before quality.

È sbalordito di essere chiamato a parlare di fronte a persone importanti.

9 see joke: Mi Luo is dazed, disgusting, bedfast, slept a few days to also had disappeared to turn.

9 vedi scherzo: Mi Luo è stordito, disgustoso, costretto a letto, ha dormito per alcuni giorni e anche scomparso per girare.

Real-world Examples

The lecture was so dull that many students dazed off.

La lezione era così noiosa che molti studenti si sono addormentati.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book 2.

“Hagrid, ” muttered Harry, still dazed, looking around. “HAGRID? ”

“Hagrid, ” borbottò Harry, ancora stordito, guardandosi intorno. “HAGRID? ”

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

You'd think a total daze was reigning on board.

Si penserebbe che un torpore totale regnasse a bordo.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

I blinked, still dazed. " Which one is that? "

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

Good Lord! I was in a daze. My head spun. I almost went crazy.

Perbacco! Ero stordito. Mi girava la testa. Stavo quasi impazzendo.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 1

In a daze, I place my hand in his and we shake.

Stordito, posai la mano nella sua e ci strinsi la mano.

Source: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

Poor Wilbur was dazed and frightened by this hullabaloo (ruckus, uproar, confusion).

Povero Wilbur era stordito e spaventato da questa confusione (casino, tumulto, disordine).

Source: Charlotte's Web

He stood there, dazed and frightened, holding the empty tray in his hand.

Era lì in piedi, stordito e spaventato, con il vassoio vuoto in mano.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

Mr. McKee awoke from his doze and started in a daze toward the door.

Il signor McKee si svegliò dal suo sonno e iniziò a camminare verso la porta in stato di torpore.

Source: The Great Gatsby (Original Version)

" Yes—yes—a boy, " said Lupin again, who seemed dazed by his own happiness.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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