annoyance, chafe, vexation
(noun) anger produced by some annoying irritation
chafe
(noun) soreness and warmth caused by friction; “he had a nasty chafe on his knee”
chafe
(verb) warm by rubbing, as with the hands
rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch
(verb) cause friction; “my sweater scratches”
chafe, excoriate
(verb) tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; “This leash chafes the dog’s neck”
annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
(verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; “Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me”; “It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves”
chafe
(verb) feel extreme irritation or anger; “He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation”
chafe, gall, fret
(verb) become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chafe (uncountable)
Heat excited by friction.
Injury or wear caused by friction.
Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
(archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
Synonym: Thesaurus:argument
chafe (third-person singular simple present chafes, present participle chafing, simple past and past participle chafed)
(transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
(transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
(transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
(intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
(intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Source: Wiktionary
Chafe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chafed; p pr. & vb. n. Chafing.] Etym: [OE. chaufen to warm, OF. chaufer, F. chauffer, fr. L. calefacere, calfacere, to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make. See Caldron.]
1. To ecxite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin. Spenser.
2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. Her intercession chafed him. Shak.
3. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable. Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to prevent its being chafed. Sir W. Scott.
Syn.
– To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame.
Chafe, v. i.
Definition: To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. Made its great boughs chafe together. Longfellow. The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores. Shak.
2. To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.
3. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. Spenser. He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter. Shak.
Chafe, n.
1. Heat excited by friction.
2. Injury or wear caused by friction.
3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. The cardinal in a chafe sent for him to Whitehall. Camden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 April 2024
(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
