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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
Cubarsi carries himself with the poise and personality of a veteran and showed no sign of being remotely fazed either by the occasion or the challenge of going against an in-form Mbappe. — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 16 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 Its leaves are finely cut, giving it a deceptively delicate appearance, but this is a tough plant that is not fazed by heat and climbs rapidly to cover a support. — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 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
  • In a little corner of my mind, however, history will always mean the tragic smashing of individual lives by its cruel hands and the scattering of bewildered people reeling from its blows.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
  • Away from the bewildered rancher calling out in surprise, away from the Appaloosa.
    — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Definition of bewildered
Verb
  • One month later, Europe embarrassed the United States on American soil at the Ryder Cup.
    — Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026
  • The suitors embarrassed themselves one by one, until Antinous demanded Penelope simply choose the best of them.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of embarrassed
Adjective
  • Instead, the calls were about, for example, a homeless person who fell asleep in a store, a person who seemed confused in a public park, and someone who was yelling at passersby on the street.
    — Scott Maucione, NPR, 27 July 2026
  • These are questions to raise confidence levels among United fans, rather than confused eyebrows.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of confused
Verb
  • 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
  • The Germans dominated the match after the break but struggled to break down Paraguay’s defense as the South Americans once again assumed the compact defending that had flustered Turkey and Australia in the opening group stage.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
Definition of flustered
Adjective
  • Millie Bobby Brown says her American Stranger Things costars were very perplexed by her British meals.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026
  • There were few international visitors, an absence that has perplexed business owners who banked on hundreds of thousands of new faces to patronize their establishments.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Definition of perplexed
Verb
  • Bandito almost rolled up Kyle Fletcher for an early win, and this rattled Fletcher—who suffered his first pinfall of the year against Bandito earlier this year.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Trump has been pressing allies to spend more on defense and join the conflict in Iran while at the same time threatening to seize by force Greenland from NATO-member Denmark, a move that rattled Europeans and the alliance.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 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
  • Whether you're bothered by perceiving the crease is entirely subjective, but Samsung added a dual-layered glass architecture to the inside display to reduce the visible crease by 20% on the Z Fold 8.
    — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026
  • With an outdoor grill, full washer and dryer, and ensuite bathrooms for each bedroom, our party of six could have camped out for a full month–and never bothered to see a theme park.
    — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2026
Definition of bothered

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