Faze

Quick meaning: Faze is a verb meaning (transitive, informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb.

Meaning

(transitive, informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb.

Example Sentences

But we're / Not getting anywhere. Nothing / fazes her.

In the dreary world / That we're living in / It's fashionable / To let nothing faze you

Jumping out of an airplane does not faze him, yet he is afraid to ride a roller coaster.

Some individuals "can't hold their liquor" and become thoroughly intoxicated on small amounts of alcohol which would not faze most social drinkers.

Word Forms

• fazes
• fazing
• fazed

Synonyms for faze

Depending on context, synonyms include enervate, unnerve, unsettle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unsettle, unnerve, enervate, disconcert, bother, annoy.

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