TEASING

annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing

(adjective) causing irritation or annoyance; “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”

teasing

(adjective) arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it; “her lazy teasing smile”

mocking, teasing, quizzical

(adjective) playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); “his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air”- Lawrence Durrell

teasing, comb-out

(noun) the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb

tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalization

(noun) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; “he ignored their teases”; “his ribbing was gentle but persistent”

teasing

(noun) playful vexation; “the parody was just a form of teasing”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

teasing

present participle of tease

Noun

teasing (countable and uncountable, plural teasings)

The act of teasing; making fun of or making light of.

Anagrams

• ageinst, easting, eatings, gainest, genista, giantes, ingates, ingesta, seating, signate, tagines, tangies, tsigane

Source: Wiktionary

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TEASE

Tease, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Teased; p. pr. & vb. n. Teasing.] Etym: [AS. t to pluck, tease; akin to OD. teesen, MHG. zeisen, Dan. tæse, tæsse. *58. Cf. Touse.]

1. To comb or card, as wool or flax. "Teasing matted wool." Wordsworth.

2. To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.

3. (Anat.)

Definition: To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.

4. To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague. Cowper. He . . . suffered them to tease him into acts directly opposed to his strongest inclinations. Macaulay.

Syn.

– To vex; harass: annoy; disturb; irritate; plague; torment; mortify; tantalize; chagrin.

– Tease, Vex. To tease is literally to pull or scratch, and implies a prolonged annoyance in respect to little things, which is often more irritating, and harder to bear, than severe pain. Vex meant originally to seize and bear away hither and thither, and hence, to disturb; as, to vex the ocean with storms. This sense of the term now rarely occurs; but vex is still a stronger word than tease, denoting the disturbance or anger created by minor provocations, losses, disappointments, etc. We are teased by the buzzing of a fly in our eyes; we are vexed by the carelessness or stupidity of our servants. Not by the force of carnal reason, But indefatigable teasing. Hudibras. In disappointments, where the affections have been strongly placed, and the expectations sanguine, particularly where the agency of others is concerned, sorrow may degenerate into vexation and chagrin. Cogan. Tease tenon (Joinery), a long tenon at the top of a post to receive two beams crossing each other one above the other.

Tease, n.

Definition: One who teases or plagues. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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