Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To disrupt the composure of; disconcert. synonym: embarrass.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To disturb;
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To cause to become disconcerted or disturbed. A variant form of
feeze .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb informal To frighten or cause hesitation; to
daunt ,put off (usually used in the negative), toperturb , todisconcert .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb disturb the composure of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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n the “Natural Fruit - best quality”: they r very natural na, lol babes, u neva see kolomental?? even 'faze' give okocha one customised 'kolomental' jersey as gift, u need to see how okocha dey shine him teeth, * grins* tho 'it wldnt be a bad idea to see pple with I AM A STANDTALLER's inscribed on their tee-shirts/jerseys instead of FCUK n the rest of dem wat do u say??
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Peter Som , who showed a number of coats with fur sleeves, says such ribbing doesn't faze him.
Designers Go Wild With Sasquatch Sleeves Ray A. Smith 2011
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But none of that appears to faze Mr. Wall, who in recent weeks personally contributed $2.5 million to help plug the current-year deficit and initiated a campaign to raise the balance.
City Opera Ponders Cuts, Suspends Season Erica Orden 2011
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Patinkin is a would-be menacing Billy Bigelow who can't faze a more world-weary Julie Jordan, as embodied so nicely here by Lupone.
Michael Giltz: Theater: "An Evening With Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin" Michael Giltz 2011
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They cannot agree on anything, from shoes to hats, and so I spend a great deal of time wandering about in my lovely new underclothes whilst they bicker; as I am accustomed to the crowded tiring rooms, this lack of privacy does not faze me.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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After all, if there's anything the one-time college quarterback has shown the Giants this year, it's that there's very little that's going to faze him.
Giants Have One Bear of a Back Aditi Kinkhabwala 2010
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Proof of how falling can't faze her is in this clip, which shows Gaga taking a spill at a recent concert stop on her Monster Ball Tour during a performance of the unreleased "You and I."
VIDEO: If a Gaga Falls Onstage, Does She Stop Making Sounds? 2011
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The iron did not seem to faze her, but I shivered beneath the challenge in her shadowed eyes: I will give you what you want if you give me what I need . . .
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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Charles appeared in the hall in eighth grade sporting the first beard, and I acted maturely toward it, as if it did not faze me that he had grown a beard over the summer and that his mother, Gretchen, and his father, Father, had allowed him to do it.
1974, What I Wanted Ann Bogle 2011
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Which shut up the poor MP, and proved again that nothing can faze Phil the Greek-German-Danish-Brit.
bilby commented on the word faze
Unable to explain why I hate this word so much.
May 6, 2022