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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 ofplay

  Familiarity information: FAZE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they faze  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it fazes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: fazed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: fazed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: fazing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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