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
Dean Kaiser said he's not fazed by the level of the Fox River at this point.
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Noel Brennan, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
That didn’t seem to faze Golden State, which opened the second quarter on a 13-0 run to take a 35-31 lead.
—Janis Carr, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
But the situation didn't faze veteran anchor Al Roker.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
Even with her new exposure, Rodrigo told The Times that she wasn’t fazed by her stardom.
—Katie Simons, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
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Noel Brennan, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
That didn’t seem to faze Golden State, which opened the second quarter on a 13-0 run to take a 35-31 lead.
—Janis Carr, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
But the situation didn't faze veteran anchor Al Roker.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
Even with her new exposure, Rodrigo told The Times that she wasn’t fazed by her stardom.
—Katie Simons, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faze
Verb
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The Charlotte Checkers opened the AHL playoffs with a bang Wednesday, embarrassing the Springfield Thunderbirds in the opening game of the teams’ first-round AHL playoff series in Charlotte.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Apr. 2026
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That said, some women would be wise not to embarrass themselves under the brighter lights that Clark brings.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Old luggage barcode stickers can confuse airline systems and increase the risk of bags being misrouted or delayed.—
Joey Skladany,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Apr. 2026
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Directness is often confused with insensitivity.—
Jonathan Alpert OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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With Minnesota viewing them as soft, the Nuggets hardly seem bothered by the criticism.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Fuqua and Logan can’t be bothered to figure it out.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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This comes up every few years, and everyone gets all flustered every few years.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Lullaby, Book of Love’s 1988 follow-up, is the sound of a band that felt surprised and flustered by unexpected success.—
Billie Bugara,
Pitchfork,
26 Apr. 2026
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The majority, rather than being rattled by a president who had attempted a coup, labored to protect the country from the hypothetical danger of a presidency rendered impotent by specious criminal prosecutions.—
Gregg Nunziata,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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Conflict in the Middle East is rattling energy markets, pushing up the cost of natural gas—the backbone of nitrogen fertilizer production—and exposing once again just how vulnerable farmers and families are to shocks beyond their control.—
Carlos Alvarado Quesada,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Faze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faze. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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