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Daze

To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.

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Broader term 6

Blind 76% connected

Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Confusedness 76% connected

A state of confusion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Confusion 76% connected

The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disarray 76% connected

To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Muddiness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stupefaction 76% connected

The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bedazzle 74% connected

To dazzle or make dim by a strong light.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bedazzle 74% connected

To dazzle or make dim by a strong light.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dazzle 74% connected

To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dazzle 74% connected

To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mantrap 74% connected

A trap for catching trespassers.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mantrap 74% connected

A trap for catching trespassers.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Bedazzle 92% connected

To dazzle or make dim by a strong light.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Dazzle 92% connected

To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fog 92% connected

A second growth of grass; aftergrass.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Haze 92% connected

Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shock 92% connected

A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stoo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stun 92% connected

To make senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stupor 92% connected

Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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