Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Stupefied or disoriented from or as if from a drug.
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- adjective
confused ,stupefied ordisoriented through the action of anarcotic drug (or as if sointoxicated )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective confused or disoriented as if intoxicated through taking a drug
- adjective stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug
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Examples
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"Remember how confusing it was in the beginning?" she asked the crowd between songs in a spaced-out countenance.
FreeFest: Will the real M.I.A. please show up? Click Track 2010
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Star Slinger is helping DC9 celebrate its eight-year anniversary with his spaced-out electronic music, which should allow the audience to quickly devolve into a dance party.
Ben E. Kessler: Concert Whereabouts (Feb. 6 - Feb. 12) Ben E. Kessler 2012
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Tate Modern, SE1, Thu to 5 JunSkye SherwinS1 Artspace continues to establish itself on the contemporary art-world map with this unashamedly spaced-out show of Jennifer West film installations.
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I add a little extra for being all spaced-out, of course.
Archive 2009-02-01 Bente Lilja Bye 2009
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Here's some more bad scheduling news: The Knicks' struggles coincide with a relatively spaced-out schedule that's about to become a grind this week.
The Worst May Be Yet to Come for the Knicks Kevin Clark 2012
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Tobolewski might skirt dangerously close to the kind of spaced-out geometric mannerisms that, in a less sensitive artist, would betray a paperback misreading of the cosmic implications of chaos theory.
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Withdraw, run away, shut down, sit spaced-out in front of the TV
Margaret Paul, Ph.D.: "If You Really Loved Me, You Wouldn't..." Ph.D. Margaret Paul 2011
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But the album's title track is all spaced-out trash talk, with Weezy vaunting over what sounds like a mutant Run-D. M.C.
Really quick spins: Gucci Mane, Lil Boosie, Lil Wayne, Pimp C, Waka Flocka Flame Chris Richards 2010
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While most photography might be said to make sense of the world in recognisable images, Rana uses photography to dissolve recognition into a spaced-out wonderment.
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On first viewing, the participants didn't look promising – gobby, spaced-out, bizarre – and that was just the teachers.
It's all too easy to hate teens – try a little love instead | Barbara Ellen 2011
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