MEANING
To disturb someone’s confidence or composure.
Use it for
resistance to intimidation; minor disruption of nerveMake steadiness visible through what fails to disturb it.
Words that belong together
- not fazed by criticism
- nothing fazes her
- easily fazed
On the page
The shouted warning did not faze the climber.
An unexpected audience fazed him more than the difficult questions.
She seemed unfazed, but the sudden change had clearly fazed her assistant.
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Word forms
- Base
- faze / fazes
- Past tense
- fazed
- Past participle
- fazed
- Present participle
- fazing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- faze / fazes
- Present continuous
- am/is/are fazing
- Present perfect
- have/has fazed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been fazing
- Past
- fazed
- Past continuous
- was/were fazing
- Past perfect
- had fazed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been fazing
- Future
- will faze / fazes
- Future continuous
- will be fazing
- Future perfect
- will have fazed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been fazing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
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Usage notes
Primary category: fear. Often used negatively: not fazed means not unsettled. Do not confuse with phase. Less tied to bodily fear than startle. Verb forms (base, third-person singular, past, past participle, -ing): faze, fazes, fazed, fazed, fazing.
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