faze
To frighten or cause hesitationTo frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb.
» Tom didn't seem fazed at all.
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1 senses(informal)To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb.
Jumping out of an airplane does not faze him, yet he is afraid to ride a roller coaster.
aus der Fassung bringen, in Unruhe versetzen, abschrecken
- disturb the composure of
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Origin
From English dialectal (Kentish) feeze, feese (“to alarm, discomfit, frighten”), from MiddFrom English dialectal (Kentish) feeze, feese (“to alarm, discomfit, frighten”), from Middle English fēsen (“to chase, drive away; put to flight; discomfit, frighten, terrify”), from Old English fēsan, fȳsan (“to send forth; to hasten, impel, stimulate; to banish, drive away, put to flight; to prepare oneself”), from Proto-West Germanic *funsijan, from Proto-Germanic *funsijaną (“to predispose, make favourable; to make ready”), from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go; to walk”). The word is cognate with Old Saxon fūsian (“to strive”), Old Norse fýsa (“to drive, goad; to admonish”).
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Forms
fazes, fazing, fazed, fazedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle