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FAZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disturb the composure of

Synonyms:

enervate; faze; unnerve; unsettle

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

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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