fazed
Britishadjective
Explanation
Someone who's fazed is upset or bothered. If you're fazed by getting a bad grade in a class, you might be nervous right before you get an important paper back. If you're fazed by loud noises, you'll want to wear ear plugs at a rock concert, and if you're fazed by movie violence, you should read reviews before you watch a film, so you'll be prepared to cover your eyes. Fazed is often confused with phased, which means "carried out in stages." The verb faze, or "disturb," is at the root of fazed, which comes from Kentish dialect — feeze means "frighten, alarm, or discomfit."
Example Sentences
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In the rectory dining room before the vigil, the burly 85-year-old priest said he wasn’t fazed that his working-class parish has weathered so much since arriving in 1983.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
A nearly 40% slide in shares of Michael Saylor’s bitcoin-hoarding company this year hasn’t fazed its most fervent believers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
But that doesn’t appear to have fazed confidence in the precious metal.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
"Naomi can handle it. She really loves it and she's not fazed by it."
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
My mom gave Wilfrido the most intense look, but he didn’t seem fazed.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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