faze

UK: /ˈfeɪz/ US: /feɪz/ ,(fāz)

Inflections of 'faze' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

fazes

v 3rd person singular

fazing

v pres p

fazed

v past

fazed

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

faze /feɪz/   v. [~ + object] , fazed, faz•ing. 

1. to cause to be disturbed or upset;
   to disconcert;
   fluster;
   daunt:
   The roof could fall in and it wouldn't faze her.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

faze  (fāz), v.t., fazed, faz•ing. 

1. to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted;
   daunt:
   The worst insults cannot faze him.

• dial form. of feeze 1820–30, American.

Synonyms

disconcert, discomfit, perturb, fluster, confound.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

faze / feɪz/ verb

1. (transitive) to disconcert; worry; disturb

Etymology: 19th Century: variant of feeze