fazed

British  

/ feɪzd /

adjective

1. disconcerted; worried; disturbed

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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

"Honestly, I'm not even fazed because it's just people's opinions. We're doing it seriously," he says.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

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

Michael Paladino hardly has been fazed by this year’s market swings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Any investors who have held the precious metal for a while won’t be too fazed by the selloff, though.

From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025

I’d watched hundreds of recaps of myself, and it had never really fazed me.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin