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spaced-out

or spaced

[ speyst-out or speyst ]
/ ˈspeɪstˈaʊt or speɪst /
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adjective Slang.

dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
dreamily or eerily out of touch with reality or seemingly so; spacey.

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RELATED WORDS

bewildered, confused, disoriented, drugged, inattentive, lightheaded, stunned

Nearby words

space-time, spaceband, spaceborne, spacecraft, spaced out, spaced-out, spaceflight, spacelab, spaceless, spaceman, spaceport

Origin of spaced-out

1965–70, Americanism; on the pattern of phrasal verbs with out marking perfectivity; space apparently by association with “outer space” as, metaphorically, a place outside normal consciousness
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