faze

present singular third person fazes · participle present fazing · participle past fazed · past fazed · alternative phase · alternative feaze

1. informaltransitiveTo frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb.First known use mid 19th c.

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

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

   1965, Catullus, translated by Barriss Mills, The Carmina of Catullus: A Verse Translation, [West Lafayette, Ind.]: Purdue University Studies, →OCLC, carminum 42, page 71

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

   1978, “Living in a Dream”, in On the Edge, performed by Sea Level

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

   1990, “Assessment”, in Broadening the Base of Treatment for Alcohol Problems: Report of a Study by a Committee of the Institute of Medicine, Division of Mental Health and Behavioral Medicine, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, →ISBN, section III (Aspects of Treatment), pages 252–253

   He sticks it out even further in the scherzo, fazing the listener with displaced accents, and then inserting a malicious pause just when we seem to have found our feet.

   2009, Richard Wigmore, The Faber Pocket Guide to Haydn, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 192

   [Gareth] Southgate should be absolutely clear now that [Jordan] Pickford is not fazed by the big occasion but, on the flip-side, he might not be too thrilled his goalkeeper was involved so much.

   2017 November 10, Daniel Taylor, “Youthful England earn draw with Germany but Lingard rues late miss”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2018