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
These stalwart specimens have been thriving with no help from us for thousands of years, so whatever Mother Nature throws their way is less likely to faze them.
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Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2025
Yet the fact that the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution limits a president to two terms does not seem to faze Trump.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Was he fazed by the old-school soundtrack, which included numbers from Iggy Pop and Patti Smith?
—Alex Wynne, WWD, 7 Mar. 2025
And the complexity of civilization doesn’t seem to faze most of them, either.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025
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Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2025
Yet the fact that the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution limits a president to two terms does not seem to faze Trump.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Was he fazed by the old-school soundtrack, which included numbers from Iggy Pop and Patti Smith?
—Alex Wynne, WWD, 7 Mar. 2025
And the complexity of civilization doesn’t seem to faze most of them, either.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faze
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Johnson’s predecessor, Larry Robinson, resigned last year amid fallout from a fake $237 million donation scandal that embarrassed the school on the national stage.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
17 May 2025
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What’s made the 18th so fun this week is its ability — even for just a second — to embarrass the best golfers on the planet.—
Jordan Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
17 May 2025
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All of the footage from The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon makes the show-within-a-show look silly, which the series confuses with humorousness.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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While no one should ever have confused the entertainment business with a warm binkie, the institutions themselves are in the new and awkward spot of having to justify their existence.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
12 May 2025
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Or Xander Schauffele, the defending PGA champion who is surely not bothered by the lack of attention on him early this week.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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That doesn’t mean the implication doesn’t bother him.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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In any other circumstance, I would have been flustered, embarrassed, and ready to drag her out of there and straight into a time-out.—
Staff Author,
Parents,
5 May 2025
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Midway through Donald Trump‘s 100-day interview with ABC’s Terry Moran, the president got flustered.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2025
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The brutal stabbings rattled Moscow, a city of 25,000 people that hadn’t recorded a murder since 2015.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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But the winds of change in Colorado caused this particular branch in Blue to rattle and sway.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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“Faze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faze. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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