DICTOMETER

TEASING

(tease, teasing, fastidiar, erte)

1. Synonyms:
   • Tease
   • Teasing
   • Ribbing
   • Tantalization
   Definitions:
   • the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule)
   • provoking someone with persistent annoyances
   Examples:
   • He ignored their teases
   • His ribbing was gentle but persistent
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Teasing
   Definitions:
   • playful vexation
   Examples:
   • The parody was just a form of teasing
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Comb-out
   • Teasing
   Definitions:
   • the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Tease
   • Badger
   • Pester
   • Bug
   • Beleaguer
   Definitions:
   • annoy persistently
   Examples:
   • The children teased the boy because of his stammer
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Tease
   • Razz
   • Rag
   • Cod
   • Tantalize
   • Tantalise
   • Bait
   • Taunt
   • Twit
   • Rally
   • Ride
   Definitions:
   • harass with persistent criticism or carping
   Examples:
   • The children teased the new teacher
   • Don't ride me so hard over my failure
   • His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Tease
   Definitions:
   • to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
   Examples:
   • The advertisement is intended to tease the customers
   • She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Tease
   Definitions:
   • tear into pieces
   Examples:
   • Tease tissue for microscopic examinations
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Tease
   Definitions:
   • raise the nap of (fabrics)
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Tease
   • Tease apart
   • Loosen
   Definitions:
   • disentangle and raise the fibers of
   Examples:
   • Tease wool
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Tease
   • Card
   Definitions:
   • separate the fibers of
   Examples:
   • Tease wool
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Tease
   Definitions:
   • mock or make fun of playfully
   Examples:
   • The flirting man teased the young woman
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Tease
   • Fluff
   Definitions:
   • ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Mocking
   • Teasing
   • Quizzical
   Definitions:
   • playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)
   Examples:
   • His face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air- Lawrence Durrell
   Antonyms:
   • Unplayful
   • Serious
   • Sober
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Teasing
   Definitions:
   • arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it
   Examples:
   • Her lazy teasing smile
   Antonyms:
   • Unseductive
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Annoying
   • Bothersome
   • Galling
   • Irritating
   • Nettlesome
   • Pesky
   • Pestering
   • Pestiferous
   • Plaguy
   • Plaguey
   • Teasing
   • Vexatious
   • Vexing
   Definitions:
   • causing irritation or annoyance
   Examples:
   • Tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
   • Aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
   • Found it galling to have to ask permission
   • An irritating delay
   • Nettlesome paperwork
   • A pesky mosquito
   • Swarms of pestering gnats
   • A plaguey newfangled safety catch
   • A teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
   • A vexatious child
   • It is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
   Antonyms:
   • Agreeable