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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dazed |
| Synonyms: | befuddled, bewildered, dazzled, gaga, giddy, groggy, hazy, punch-drunk, punchy, puzzled, senile, silly, staggered, staggering, tipsy, unsteady, weak in the knees, weak-kneed, wobbly, woozy |
| Main Entry: | giddy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly, impulsive |
| Synonyms: | bemused, brainless, bubbleheaded, capricious, careless, changeable, changeful, ditzy, dizzy, empty-headed, erratic, fickle, flighty, flustered, frivolous, gaga, heedless, inconstant, irresolute, irresponsible, lightheaded, punchy, reckless, reeling, scatterbrained, skittish, slaphappy, swimming*, thoughtless, unbalanced, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, volatile, whimsical, whirling, wild, woozy |
| Antonyms: | calm, careful, level-headed, sensible, serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | groggy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dizzy, stunned |
| Synonyms: | befuddled, confused, dazed, dopey, drunken, faint, hazy, out of it, punch-drunk, punchy, reeling, shaky, slaphappy, staggering, stupefied, swaying, tired, unsteady, weak, whirling, wobbly, woozy |
| Antonyms: | clear, clear-headed, cognizant |
| Main Entry: | ridiculous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, funny |
| Synonyms: | absurd, antic, bizarre, comic, comical, contemptible, daffy, derisory, droll, fantastic, farcical, foolheaded, foolish, gelastic, goofy*, grotesque, harebrained, hilarious, impossible, incredible, jerky, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty, outrageous, preposterous, risible, sappy*, silly, slaphappy, unbelievable, wacky* |
| Antonyms: | believable, reasonable, sensible, serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scatterbrained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not thinking clearly |
| Synonyms: | birdbrained, careless, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, flighty, forgetful, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, illogical, inattentive, irrational, irresponsible, madcap, silly, slaphappy, stupid, thoughtless |
| Antonyms: | aware, careful, sensible, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | befuddled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | baffled, bewildered, dumbfounded, mixed up, slaphappy, stumped, stupefied |
| Antonyms: | clear, clearheaded |
| Main Entry: | muddle-headed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | abashed, addled, addlepated, at a loss, at sea, at sixes and sevens, baffled, befuddled, bewildered, come apart, confounded, confusional, dazed, discombobulated*, disconcerted, disorganized, distracted, flummoxed, flustered, fouled up, glassy-eyed, gone*, misled, mixed up, muddled, nonplussed, not with it, out to lunch, perplexed, perturbed, punch-drunk, punchy, puzzled, screwy, shook up, shot to pieces, slaphappy, spaced out, stumped, taken aback, thrown, thrown off balance, turbid, unglued, unscrewed, unzipped |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | addled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | balled up, befuddled, bewildered, fouled up, gone*, mixed up, out of it, punchy, rattled, shaken, shook, shook up, slap-happy, thrown, unglued, woozy |
| Notes: | addled refers to mental confusion; muddled is anything confused or in a mess |
| Antonyms: | clear, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dizzy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | light-headed, confused |
| Synonyms: | addled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, blind, blinded, dazed, dazzled, distracted, disturbed, dumb, dumbfounded, faint, gaga, giddy, groggy, hazy, light, muddled, off balance, out of control, punch-drunk, punchy, puzzled, reeling, shaky, slap-happy, staggered, staggering, swimming*, tipsy, unsteady, upset, vertiginous, weak in the knees, weak-kneed, whirling, wobbly, woozy |
| Antonyms: | clear, clear-headed, unconfused |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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