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Prostrate vs Dazed - What's the difference?

prostrate | dazed |

As adjectives the difference between prostrate and dazed

is that prostrate is lying flat, facedown while dazed is in a state of shock or confusion.

As verbs the difference between prostrate and dazed

is that prostrate is (senseid)(often reflexive) to lie flat or facedown while dazed is (daze).

prostrate

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Lying flat, facedown.
  • * Milton
  • Prostrate fall / Before him reverent, and there confess / Humbly our faults.
  • * 1945 , :
  • Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us.
  • Emotionally devastated.
  • I told him you was prostrate with grief.'' — Mammy to Scarlett, ''Gone With the Wind .
  • Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
  • He was prostrate from the extreme heat.
  • (botany) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
  • Antonyms

    * supine

    Verb

    (prostrat)
  • (senseid)(Often reflexive) To lie flat or facedown.
  • To throw oneself down in submission (also figuratively).
  • To cause to lie down, to flatten; (figuratively) to overcome or overpower.
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  • Usage notes

    * Prostrate and (prostate) are often confused, in spelling if not in meaning.

    See also

    * kowtow ----

    dazed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • in a state of shock or confusion
  • stunned
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (daze)
  • Anagrams

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