Synonyms for faze

Most common

unsettle · unnerve · fluster · enervate · abash

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb.

   Jumping out of an airplane does not faze him, yet he is afraid to ride a roller coaster.

Forms

Past participle

fazed
e.g. fazed → unnerved, flustered, unsettled, enervated…

Example sentences

• unsettle What Tom said cannot unsettle me.
• abash The titter that rippled around the room appeared to abash the boy.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

abash²

7 letters

unnerve², fluster²

8 letters

unsettle³, enervate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abash² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

dérouter

Italiano

sconcertare

Español

desconcertar

Català

desorientar