faze
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faze
to worry or disturb: The ghost story didn’t faze the children.
Not to be confused with:
phase – a stage in development: The toddler is just going through a phase.
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faze
(fāz)tr.v. fazed, faz·ing, faz·es
To disrupt the composure of; disconcert. See Synonyms at embarrass.
[Middle English fesen, to drive away, frighten, from Old English fēsian.]
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faze
(feɪz)vb
(tr) to disconcert; worry; disturb
[C19: variant of feeze]
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faze
(feɪz)v.t. fazed, faz•ing.
to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt; fluster.
[1820–30, Amer.; dial. form. of feeze vexation]
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faze
Past participle: fazed
Gerund: fazing
| Imperative |
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| faze |
| faze |
| Present |
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| I faze |
| you faze |
| he/she/it fazes |
| we faze |
| you faze |
| they faze |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I fazed |
| you fazed |
| he/she/it fazed |
| we fazed |
| you fazed |
| they fazed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am fazing |
| you are fazing |
| he/she/it is fazing |
| we are fazing |
| you are fazing |
| they are fazing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have fazed |
| you have fazed |
| he/she/it has fazed |
| we have fazed |
| you have fazed |
| they have fazed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was fazing |
| you were fazing |
| he/she/it was fazing |
| we were fazing |
| you were fazing |
| they were fazing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had fazed |
| you had fazed |
| he/she/it had fazed |
| we had fazed |
| you had fazed |
| they had fazed |
| Future |
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| I will faze |
| you will faze |
| he/she/it will faze |
| we will faze |
| you will faze |
| they will faze |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have fazed |
| you will have fazed |
| he/she/it will have fazed |
| we will have fazed |
| you will have fazed |
| they will have fazed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be fazing |
| you will be fazing |
| he/she/it will be fazing |
| we will be fazing |
| you will be fazing |
| they will be fazing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been fazing |
| you have been fazing |
| he/she/it has been fazing |
| we have been fazing |
| you have been fazing |
| they have been fazing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been fazing |
| you will have been fazing |
| he/she/it will have been fazing |
| we will have been fazing |
| you will have been fazing |
| they will have been fazing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been fazing |
| you had been fazing |
| he/she/it had been fazing |
| we had been fazing |
| you had been fazing |
| they had been fazing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would faze |
| you would faze |
| he/she/it would faze |
| we would faze |
| you would faze |
| they would faze |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have fazed |
| you would have fazed |
| he/she/it would have fazed |
| we would have fazed |
| you would have fazed |
| they would have fazed |
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Verb 1. [画像:faze - disturb the composure of]faze - disturb the composure of
unman - cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience"
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faze
verbTo cause (a person) to be self-consciously distressed:
abash, chagrin, confound, confuse, discomfit, discomfort, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, mortify.
Idioms: put on the spot, throw for a loop.
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faze
vt (inf)
(= take aback) → verdattern (inf); the question didn’t faze me at all → die Frage brachte mich keineswegs aus der Fassung
(= daunt) → entmutigen ; do not be fazed by the entrance exam → lass dich von der Aufnahmeprüfung nicht abschrecken
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