单词 | fazed |
释义 | fazed (once / 57938 pages) adj Someone who's fazed is upset or bothered. If you're fazed by getting a bad grade in a class, you might be nervous right before you get an important paper back. If you're fazed by loud noises, you'll want to wear ear plugs at a rock concert, and if you're fazed by movie violence, you should read reviews before you watch a film, so you'll be prepared to cover your eyes. Fazed is often confused with phased, which means "carried out in stages." The verb faze, or "disturb," is at the root of fazed, which comes from Kentish dialect — feeze means "frighten, alarm, or discomfit." WORD FAMILYfaze: fazed, fazes, fazing USAGE EXAMPLES“He’s not fazed by the situation,” Martin said. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Nor is he fazed by the prospect of performing in front of 90,000 people at Wembley next spring. The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016) And they look like they won’t be fazed by that. The Guardian(Dec 10, 2016) adj caused to show discomposure refused to be fazed by the objections Syn bothered, daunted discomposed having your composure disturbed |
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