faze

[feyz]

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

disconcert, discomfit, perturb, fluster, confound.

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Related Words for fazes

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

British Dictionary definitions for fazes

faze

verb

(tr) to disconcert; worry; disturb

Word Origin for faze

C19: variant of feeze

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Word Origin and History for fazes

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.