verb (used with object), fazed, faz·ing.
to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to disconcert; worry; disturb | |
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Faze
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
faze
1830 Amer.Eng. variant of Kentish dialect feeze "to frighten, alarm, discomfit" (mid-15c.), from O.E. fesian, fysian "drive away," from P.Gmc. *fausjanan. Related: Fazed; fazing.
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Example sentences
Living in the shadow of such a horrendous catastrophe didn't faze us.
Not big enough to faze her, though, or temper her resolve.
Even being trampled by kids or dogs or run over by a lawnmower doesn't faze them for long.
Subzero temperatures do not faze a well-fed cardinal or blue jay, for instance.
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