faze
SayFAYZUS · UK/feɪz//fæɪz/
Often confused with phase
- 1To make someone feel worried or upset. It is most often used to say something did not bother a person.
Like waves hitting a big rock: the rock does not move.
The loud noise did not faze the baby at all.
Big crowds faze her, so she avoids busy malls.
Similarfluster, rattle, unsettle, disconcert, unnerve
Oppositecalm, reassure, soothe, steady
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Origin
It comes from an old English dialect word "feeze" meaning to frighten or upset, which goes back to Old English words meaning to drive away or scare off.