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to faze

to faze

23 7.1
Make someone feel upset or lose confidence
  • verb
  • /feɪz/
translation icon : desconcertar
  • She was so confident in her abilities that nothing could faze her during the competition.

So these types of compliments don't really faze them a lot.

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Examples

  • Nothing fazed her, you know?

  • So these types of compliments don't really faze them a lot.

  • Whether a person gets one or not is not going to faze any of the others.

    Blog text (26)
  • There were some guys who it didn't seem to faze them that much.

  • And it didn't even faze him!

  • That crash didn't seem to faze him a bit.

  • Nothing would faze them.

  • Your threats don't faze me, Hatfield.

  • Even the sight of the plane, not exactly a Piper Cub but small enough, didn't faze us.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Even the mention of snakes didn't faze me, though I am most decidedly not a snake person.

    Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

to scare
vsto faze
1.0

To make someone feel afraid or unsure of themselves

disturbs without necessarily causing fear, focusing on composure loss
to ruffle
vsto faze
31 4.1

Make someone feel slightly upset or annoyed

is stronger, causing a real loss of confidence or composure
to unnerve
vsto faze
20 6.3

To make someone feel nervous and less confident

is about upsetting someone generally, not only removing confidence
to unsettle
vsto faze
7 4.9

To make someone feel worried or uneasy

focuses more on upsetting confidence and composure rather than general unease
to perturb
vsto faze
7 7.0

To make someone feel worried or uneasy

adds the idea of losing confidence or composure as a result
to fluster
vsto faze
3 5.5

To make someone nervous so they cannot think clearly

disturbs in a broader way, not only by causing confusion
to unfix
vsto faze
9.1

Make someone feel upset and unable to think clearly

is similar but emphasizes loss of confidence and composure specifically
to fash
vsto faze
  • UK
9.9

To bother or worry someone by causing extra trouble

is more about disrupting confidence and composure than inconvenience
to bogle
vsto faze
  • Archaic
9.9

To frighten or startle someone and make them pull back suddenly

disturbs more generally and often reduces calm rather than causing shock

Antonyms

163 3.4

To make someone feel less worried and more confident

How Disturbed

to traumatize
87 6.9
to faze
23 7.1
to unsettle
7 4.9
to unnerve
20 6.3
to bother
1.0

Surface Forms

faze infinitive
fazed past
fazed past participle
fazing present participle
fazes third person singular

Etymology

Faze may come from an old Scottish verb meaning 'to frighten' or 'to disturb'. You can see this idea in the word unfazed — if you are not fazed you stay calm and do not lose confidence.