faze

faze

to worry or disturb: The ghost story didn’t faze the children.
Not to be confused with:phase – a stage in development: The toddler is just going through a phase.

faze

F0058200 (fāz)tr.v. fazed, faz·ing, faz·es To disrupt the composure of; disconcert. See Synonyms at embarrass.

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[Middle English fesen, to drive away, frighten, from Old English fēsian.]

faze

(feɪz) vb (tr) to disconcert; worry; disturb[C19: variant of feeze]

faze

(feɪz)

v.t. fazed, faz•ing. to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt; fluster. [1820–30, Amer.; dial. form. of feeze vexation]

faze

Past participle: fazed
Gerund: fazing

Imperative
faze
faze

Present
I faze
you faze
he/she/it fazes
we faze
you faze
they faze

Preterite
I fazed
you fazed
he/she/it fazed
we fazed
you fazed
they fazed

Present Continuous
I am fazing
you are fazing
he/she/it is fazing
we are fazing
you are fazing
they are fazing

Present Perfect
I have fazed
you have fazed
he/she/it has fazed
we have fazed
you have fazed
they have fazed

Past Continuous
I was fazing
you were fazing
he/she/it was fazing
we were fazing
you were fazing
they were fazing

Past Perfect
I had fazed
you had fazed
he/she/it had fazed
we had fazed
you had fazed
they had fazed

Future
I will faze
you will faze
he/she/it will faze
we will faze
you will faze
they will faze

Future Perfect
I will have fazed
you will have fazed
he/she/it will have fazed
we will have fazed
you will have fazed
they will have fazed

Future Continuous
I will be fazing
you will be fazing
he/she/it will be fazing
we will be fazing
you will be fazing
they will be fazing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fazing
you have been fazing
he/she/it has been fazing
we have been fazing
you have been fazing
they have been fazing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fazing
you will have been fazing
he/she/it will have been fazing
we will have been fazing
you will have been fazing
they will have been fazing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fazing
you had been fazing
he/she/it had been fazing
we had been fazing
you had been fazing
they had been fazing

Conditional
I would faze
you would faze
he/she/it would faze
we would faze
you would faze
they would faze

Past Conditional
I would have fazed
you would have fazed
he/she/it would have fazed
we would have fazed
you would have fazed
they would have fazed

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

faze - disturb the composure of unnerve, unsettle, enervateunman - cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience"discomfit, discompose, untune, upset, disconcert - cause to lose one's composure

faze

verbTo cause (a person) to be self-consciously distressed:abash, chagrin, confound, confuse, discomfit, discomfort, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, mortify.Idioms: put on the spot, throw for a loop.

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