unfazed
English
Alternative forms
- unphased (proscribed)
Etymology
un- + fazed
Adjective
unfazed (comparative more unfazed, superlative most unfazed)
- Not frightened or hesitant; undaunted; not put off.
- 1885 November 9, “They Talk About It”, in St. Paul Daily Globe, St. Paul, MN, page 5:
- Say, but isn't Annie Watson a dandy witness? She testified as straight as a book. And she stood a hot cross-examination unphased.
- 1889 March 11, “Social and Personal”, in Washington Critic, Washington, DC, page 2:
- The Johnnie O'Briens and the Barney O'Rourkes were there, too, apparently unfazed by the magnificence of the surroundings.
- 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 131:
- Stu couldn't believe I was so unfazed by the whole incident, though inwardly I resolved that I wouldn't let this bastard have the last laugh.
- After stumbling and landing on her face, the toddler picked herself up and continued unfazed.
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- (archaic) Undamaged
- 1855 December 1, T. B. Thorpe, “Remembrances of the Mississippi”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume xii, number lxvii, New York, NY, page 35:
- The tall man throughout was "unphased" -- the dewy and least compact one surrendered!
- 1874, Moses Adams, What I Did With My Fifty Millions, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., page 106:
- Being a lad of a little upwards of a century, and maintaining, as all widowers do, that I was unfazed by time ...
- 1876 January 18, “Local News”, in State Journal, Jefferson City, MO, page 3:
- He next, while the flame continued to heat the chimney to the utmost, dashed upon it a dipper of water, and still the chimney was unfazed
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Antonyms
- fazed
Translations
undaunted
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See also
- faze