as in to embarrass
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 faze
If Sant Ambroeus Paris happens to be a stone’s throw from legendary hot spots like Lipp and at a moment where American restaurateurs are landing in Paris in droves, the hospitality executive isn’t fazed.
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Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 5 Dec. 2025
But Cleveland’s nasty weather and even nastier defense didn’t faze the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
The chief executive behind it isn’t fazed.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
And pressure doesn’t faze him at all.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faze
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The report reiterated concerns about seven situations, two of which have been on the list since 2007, including the bureaucracy’s chronic inability to successfully employ information technology — embarrassing for a state that is the global center for digital tools.—
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The report reiterated concerns about seven situations, two of which have been on the list since 2007, including the bureaucracy’s chronic inability to successfully employ information technology — embarrassing for a state that is the global center for digital tools.—
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The 40-year-old cooks up ways to make quarterbacks miserable in his sleep, devising schemes that are meant to lure as much as they are intended to confuse.—
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Canales-Pelaez said that local departments may be confusing administrative warrants with criminal ones, or overcomplying to avoid backlash from the state Legislature.—
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Take a seat on an icy throne—the cold never bothered you anyway.—
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Don’t bother wasting your money—using it more than once a day won’t yield ‘better’ or faster results.—
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The run-in may have been awkward on-screen, but Franceschini wasn't flustered.—
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Pinnick in a series of plays can fluster his coaches for extending a play when maybe throwing the ball away might be wiser.—
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Pulling up from the free-throw line with a defender a few feet ahead, Andrews’ midrange jumper rattled inside the basket before popping back out as the buzzer sounded.—
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When shopkeepers in the narrow streets of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar protested the government’s failing economic policies, their chants rattled the regime.—
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“Faze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faze. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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