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fazed

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verb

past tense of faze

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fazed
Adjective
  • But Evander Kane banked a puck off Esa Lindell’s skate and past a bewildered DeSmith less than three minutes later to restore the two-goal lead.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 30 May 2025
  • Comments Jeffrey Dean Morgan was baffled, bewildered, and befuddled.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • The Justice Department similarly told the Supreme Court that some lower courts are confused about how to evaluate multiple IQ tests under Supreme Court rules for what counts as cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • It’s become the subject of much conversation at Variety, and Erickson is similarly confused.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • But 100 days into the second Trump administration, those leaders are perplexed and concerned.
    Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2025
  • Unlike last week — or most others this season, come to think of it — no one totally nails it, nor really expects to (… except for Massimo, who’s clearly perplexed when his mussel-and-clam pie ends up in the safe middle).
    Caroline Framke, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • With the exception of the Russell 2000, which gained 1%, none of the major indices bothered to get out of bed the day after Christmas.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, if you can’t be bothered even to reach for the remote to select this new button, the latest firmware update will also automatically start playing the next episode after a countdown.
    John Archer, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The Tensor series uses a double layer of reflective film insulation, with a baffled air chamber design, which helps keep it quiet.
    Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 22 May 2025
  • Delap’s cannon shoulders struck fear into a baffled division, like a medieval army who looked across the battlefield and realised that the opposing forces had technology far beyond theirs.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • Asked about Tkachuk and the verbal jousting with Nylander near the end of Game 4, Domi was nonplussed about the subject of chirping between teams.
    Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 14 May 2025
  • Take TikTok user Taylor Hamm’s airport dancing video, for example, in which a nonplussed airport janitor directly walks through her frame.
    Francesca Street, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
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“Fazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fazed. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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