faze

[ feyz ]

/ feɪz /

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verb (used with object), fazed, faz·ing.

to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.

Nearby words

fayalite, faye correction, fayetteville, fayre, fayum, faze, fazed, façade, façon, façonné, faïence

Origin of faze

1820–30, Americanism; dial. form of feeze

SYNONYMS FOR faze

disconcert, discomfit, perturb, fluster, confound.

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Can be confusedfaze phase

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Examples from the Web for faze

I said I already know about Ferguson, nothing new can faze me about Ferguson.
The Day Ferguson Cops Were Caught in a Bloody Lie|Michael Daly|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
None of this has seemed to faze the journalist, who, this fashion season, displayed her trademark ability to excite and infuriate.
Fashion's Most Feared Critic|Jacob Bernstein|October 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
That's the way with this old Egbert boy; nothing ever seems to faze him long.
Somewhere in Red Gap|Harry Leon Wilson
Any altitude of his body above the wagon-bed of less than a foot did not faze him.
Lost Face|Jack London

With only two of us aboard you know how easy she climbed; three passengers she could hoist, but four might faze her.
The Aeroplane Boys Flight|John Luther Langworthy

British Dictionary definitions for faze

faze

/ (feɪz) /

verb

(tr) to disconcert; worry; disturb

Word Origin for faze

C19: variant of feeze

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faze

verb (used with object), fazed, faz·ing.

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faze

verb

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