Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To disrupt the composure of; disconcert. See Synonyms at embarrass.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To disturb; ruffle; daunt.
Wiktionary
- v. To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative), to perturb, to disconcert.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To cause to become disconcerted or disturbed. A variant form of feeze.
WordNet 3.0
- v. disturb the composure of
Etymologies
- Middle English fesen, to drive away, frighten, from Old English fēsian.
Examples
“n the “Natural Fruit - best quality”: they r very natural na, lol babes, u neva see kolomental?? even 'faze' give okocha one customised 'kolomental' jersey as gift, u need to see how okocha dey shine him teeth, * grins* tho 'it wldnt be a bad idea to see pple with I AM A STANDTALLER's inscribed on their tee-shirts/jerseys instead of FCUK n the rest of dem wat do u say??”
“Proof of how falling can't faze her is in this clip, which shows Gaga taking a spill at a recent concert stop on her Monster Ball Tour during a performance of the unreleased "You and I.”
VIDEO: If a Gaga Falls Onstage, Does She Stop Making Sounds?
“Charles appeared in the hall in eighth grade sporting the first beard, and I acted maturely toward it, as if it did not faze me that he had grown a beard over the summer and that his mother, Gretchen, and his father, Father, had allowed him to do it.”
“After all, if there's anything the one-time college quarterback has shown the Giants this year, it's that there's very little that's going to faze him.”
“Peter Som , who showed a number of coats with fur sleeves, says such ribbing doesn't faze him.”
The Wall Street Journal: Designers Go Wild With Sasquatch Sleeves
“The iron did not seem to faze her, but I shivered beneath the challenge in her shadowed eyes: I will give you what you want if you give me what I need . . .”
“Which shut up the poor MP, and proved again that nothing can faze Phil the Greek-German-Danish-Brit.”
The Guardian: Simon Hoggart's week: No country for ordinary folk
“They cannot agree on anything, from shoes to hats, and so I spend a great deal of time wandering about in my lovely new underclothes whilst they bicker; as I am accustomed to the crowded tiring rooms, this lack of privacy does not faze me.”
“But none of that appears to faze Mr. Wall, who in recent weeks personally contributed $2.5 million to help plug the current-year deficit and initiated a campaign to raise the balance.”
The Wall Street Journal: City Opera Ponders Cuts, Suspends Season
“Patinkin is a would-be menacing Billy Bigelow who can't faze a more world-weary Julie Jordan, as embodied so nicely here by Lupone.”
The Huffington Post: Michael Giltz: Theater: "An Evening With Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin"
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