dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/faz_MW.json
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{
"faze":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to disturb the composure of : disconcert , daunt":[
"Nothing fazed her.",
"Criticism did not seem to faze the writer."
]
},
"examples":[
"You'll never succeed as a writer if you let a little bit of criticism faze you.",
"the collapse of part of the scenery didn't faze the actors one bit, and they just carried on",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Eppler and Showalter worked under George Steinbrenner, so having an owner who is always in the news, as Cohen is, doesn\u2019t faze them. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2022",
"Having long nails can be laborious to some, but lengthy manicures do not faze others who have figured out how to adapt to them. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 23 May 2022",
"There\u2019s very few, if any, situations that faze him, utilizing the kind of court awareness that can take years for players to master. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Walker projects the position that the opinions don\u2019t faze him. \u2014 Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The cast has terrific chemistry, and includes skillful performances from Janelle James as Ava, the totally unqualified principal, and Lisa Ann Walter as Melissa, a second-grade teacher who doesn\u2019t let much faze her. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Jan. 2022",
"In another part of town, a rocket blast that rattled the walls of a basement housing about 30 people somehow didn\u2019t faze a 6-year-old girl named Varvara, who sat drawing at a little table. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Not much could faze the 27-year-old Mahle, who was making his first career Opening Day start. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Random terrifying stuff doesn\u2019t faze any of the quartet of treasure hunters, which makes the whole movie thin and desperate and lacking in human drama. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 16 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of feeze to drive away, frighten, from Middle English fesen , from Old English f\u0113sian to drive away":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u0101z"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053948",
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}