faze

[feyz]

verb (used with object)

fazed, fazing 

1. to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt.

   The worst insults cannot faze him.

   Synonyms: confound, fluster, perturb, discomfit, disconcert

faze

/ feɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to disconcert; worry; disturb

Word History and Origins

Origin of faze¹

First recorded in 1820–30, dialectal form of feeze

Word History and Origins

Origin of faze¹

C19: variant of _feeze

Example Sentences

But he is unfazed and refused to blame the pitch for 19 wickets falling in a day.

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“The Queen Mother will be fine—she cannot die a second time. Your friend and that aboatia, though, will drown soon,” Tano says, unfazed, as if he’s giving a presentation on dolphins at SeaWorld.

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On the other hand, nothing fazes Madame Ionesco, and she’s as good a baker as she is a prognosticator.”

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Many strategists had stressed that U.S. stocks typically aren’t fazed by Washington’s failures to operate, and their point looks on target now that government agencies are getting back to business.

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Fellow soldiers, unfazed by the act, immediately spotted another man's leg twitch in the tangle of bodies.

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Related Words

• annoy 
• bother 
• confound 
• confuse 
• daunt 
• dismay 
• dumbfound 
• horrify 
• irritate 
• mystify 
• nonplus 
• perplex 
• puzzle 
• rattle 
• vex