faze

[feyz]

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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.

Origin of faze

1820–30, Americanism; dial. form of feeze

Can be confusedfaze phase

Synonyms for faze

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disconcert, discomfit, perturb, fluster, confound.

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Related Words for faze

annoy, dismay, mystify, dumbfound, confuse, rattle, appall, bother, puzzle, irritate, confound, vex, horrify, daunt, nonplus, perplex, discomfit, abash, discountenance, disconcert

Examples from the Web for faze

Contemporary Examples of 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
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

Historical Examples of faze

Any altitude of his body above the wagon-bed of less than a foot did not faze him.
Lost Face
Jack London
That's the way with this old Egbert boy; nothing ever seems to faze him long.
Somewhere in Red Gap
Harry Leon Wilson
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

verb

(tr) to disconcert; worry; disturb

Word Origin for faze

C19: variant of feeze

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Word Origin and History for faze

1830, American English variant of Kentish dialect feeze "to frighten, alarm, discomfit" (mid-15c.), from Old English fesian, fysian "drive away," from Proto-Germanic *fausjanan (cf. Swedish fösa "drive away," Norwegian föysa). Related: Fazed; fazing.