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gauze

[gawz] / gɔz /
NOUN
bandage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dressing plaster
STRONG
cast compress
NOUN
daze
Synonyms
STRONGEST
stupor
STRONG
befuddlement bewilderment distraction glaze haze maze narcosis shock stupefaction trance
WEAK
lala-land muddledness nadaville
Antonyms
WEAK
expectation understanding
NOUN
film
Synonyms
STRONG
blur cloud coat covering dusting fabric foil fold haze haziness integument layer leaf membrane mistiness nebula opacity partition pellicle scum sheet skin transparency veil web
WEAK
brume obscuration
NOUN
mystification
Synonyms
STRONG
befuddlement bewilderment discombobulation distraction fog glaze haze maze muddle narcosis perplexity puzzlement shock stupefaction stupor trance
WEAK
bewilderedness lala-land muddledness nadaville
Antonyms
STRONG
clearness consciousness
NOUN
perplexity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bewilderment puzzlement
STRONG
befuddlement discombobulation distraction fog glaze haze maze muddle mystification narcosis shock stupefaction stupor trance
WEAK
bewilderedness lala-land muddledness nadaville
Antonyms
STRONG
clearness consciousness
NOUN
puzzlement
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bewilderment perplexity
STRONG
befuddlement discombobulation distraction fog glaze haze maze muddle mystification narcosis shock stupefaction stupor trance
WEAK
bewilderedness lala-land muddledness nadaville
Antonyms
STRONG
clearness consciousness
NOUN
vertiginousness
Synonyms
WEAK
befuddlement bewilderment distraction giddiness glaze haze lala-land lightheadedness maze muddledness nadaville narcosis shock stupefaction stupor trance vertigo wooziness

Example Sentences

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The fog coalesced around the summits, with sunset’s final rays transforming them into a gracefully undulating landscape of golden gauze.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025

Her upper body rotates over the chair back and she gently pulls up one of her transparent gauze sleeves as if preparing for a pleasant conversation with us, her audience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Chapman had applied gauze to Williams' mouth, not a scalpel.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

On Monday night, former President Donald Trump emerged at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee for his first public showing since Saturday’s shooting wearing a square gauze bandage over his right ear.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2024

Again, Roza took the bottle from him, dampened the gauze with solution.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.