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adjective

Definition of fazednext
as in bewildered

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fazed

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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 Synonyms for fazed
  1. bewildered
  2. confused
  3. perplexed
  4. bothered
  5. baffled
  6. nonplussed
Adjective
  • In this day and age, where 4K is normal, even HD is considered blurry; however, the decision to shoot with the prosumer camcorder at a resolution of 480 on to MiniDV paid off, and Murphy’s bewildered walk through Westminster is still genuinely iconic.
    Carlton Reid, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
  • There this brilliant but bewildered scientist gets cornered by a plutocrat with impertinent questions.
    Alan Scherstuhl, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of bewildered
Adjective
  • While some people feel like their vote won't make a difference, many others are simply exhausted—and in some cases alienated or confused—by our political environment.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • That left a lot of Swifties sad, confused and wandering around, trying to find the bracelet sent from New Orleans.
    Arika Herron, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of confused
Adjective
  • What started as a simple discussion has only grown more convoluted, leaving everyone more perplexed than ever.
    Bill Bruno, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • And Cartwright indulges in a few moments of the kind of perplexed introspection that Slow Horses rarely pauses to provide.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of perplexed
Verb
  • They cannot be bothered with solving the day-to-day needs-to-survive of their charges.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • What really bothered me wasn't so much losing my job, but that BorgWarner continued to do business in Russia while I was being held prisoner there.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of bothered
Adjective
  • Censoring Ulysses In reviewing the UK Home Office files on James Joyce's Ulysses, a historian found baffled officials afraid to bring more attention to it.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
  • Perhaps this played better at home, but in the room, there was a baffled silence, barring pockets of laughter for the contributions from Stanley Tucci and Dame Judi Dench.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2024
Definition of baffled
Adjective
  • The kids are nonplussed, with the novelty of silly voices wearing off after a few stories.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
  • For however much preparation had assuredly gone into putting up a 20-night engagement in the massive dome, Henley sounded in those five words just as nonplussed as any veteran of the low-glitz 1970s probably ought to be.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Sep. 2024
Definition of nonplussed
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