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adjective

as in bewildered

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verb

past tense of faze
as in embarrassed
to throw into a state of self-conscious distress the collapse of part of the scenery didn't faze the actors one bit, and they just carried on

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Recent Examples of fazed
Adjective
Bill doesn't seem fazed in the slightest. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
None of these potentially confidence-sapping passages fazed Madjo. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026 Leaders of Florida’s largest energy producer didn’t appear fazed by a new law intended to protect consumers from the effects of large-scale data centers during talks before investors. — Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 Despite the painful shot, Kale said, her daughter still loves playing outside and doesn’t seem to be fazed by the attack. — Madonna Deverson, NBC news, 30 June 2026 The Ojai audience, having been molded over the decades by the likes of Igor Stravinsky, Pierre Boulez, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Mitsuko Uchida, is not easily fazed. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 The buyers still closing deals are often wealthier ones who want larger homes and aren’t as fazed by a 5% or 7% mortgage rate. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 June 2026 Brunson and the Knicks were never fazed. — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026 None of that really fazed the second baseman, though. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026 At first, the parents-to-be weren't fazed, just relieved that the baby seemed otherwise healthy. — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fazed
  1. bewildered
  2. embarrassed
  3. confused
  4. flustered
  5. perplexed
  6. rattled
  7. disconcerted
  8. bothered
Adjective
  • That bewildered shake of the head after Meyer's pitch in that video is not a rare occurrence for Raleigh this year.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • On Douban, a popular Chinese movie-review platform, viewers piled on with mocking and bewildered comments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of bewildered
Verb
  • One night earlier in the tour, a woman Usher had brought onstage rebuked him, which embarrassed him.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026
  • This isn’t a hypercar to smash lap records around the Nürburgring, but nor will it be embarrassed by a Porsche 911 GT3 at a track day.
    — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of embarrassed
Adjective
  • After all, the greatest art often emerges from those who are at their most vulnerable, confused and lost.
    — Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, the confused driver took them north of the city to Stoneham before finally turning around.
    — Logan Hall, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of confused
Verb
  • If this were still the primary, Raman would have flustered her way to a non-answer.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Saliba is rarely flustered, so to see his game affected as much as it was made an impression.
    — Art de Roché, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of flustered
Adjective
  • View this post on Instagram Many commenters were perplexed to see new content from Hilton’s account pop up.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Guides for the aesthetically perplexed have lost their meaning.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of perplexed
Verb
  • The veteran was rarely rattled, something that led to his 71% completion for 150 yards.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026
  • That was just the start Newcastle required and the early concession rattled Liverpool.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of rattled
Adjective
  • The rapper pleaded not guilty after he was accused of charging at Los Angeles police officers while roaming the streets of Studio City in his underwear and a pair of cowboy boots in a disconcerted state.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Definition of disconcerted
Verb
  • Right-handed reliever Joel Peguero (left hamstring strain) will be shut down for the rest of the year due to a recurring hamstring strain that’s bothered him since spring training.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Woolen’s reaching hands bothered Brown enough that, while fielding another slant, Brown lost his grip on the football, which popped into the air.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of bothered

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