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FAZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does faze mean?
• FAZE (verb)
The verb FAZE has 1 sense:
1. disturb the composure of
Familiarity information: FAZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they faze ... he / she / it fazes
Past simple: fazed
Past participle: fazed
-ing form: fazing
... he / she / it fazes Past simple: fazed
Past participle: fazed
-ing form: fazing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disturb the composure of
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
enervate; faze; unnerve; unsettle
Hypernyms (to "faze" is one way to...):
discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; upset (cause to lose one's composure)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "faze"):
unman (cause to lose one's nerve)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence examples:
The bad news will faze him
The performance is likely to faze Sue
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