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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When told of the injury update during his pregame news conference, Redick was not fazed.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
Kotowski, for one, isn’t fazed by the noise.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
Norrie is not a player who seems fazed by the player across the net.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
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.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 12, 2025
Had I lived a different life, getting thrown out of a speeding minibus might have fazed me.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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