| VERB | communication | tantalise, tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride | harass with persistent criticism or carping |
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| Meaning | harass with persistent criticism or carping. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride | |
| Narrower | jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe | laugh at with contempt and derision |
| kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter | Be silly or tease one another | |
| Broader | mock, bemock | treat with contempt |
| Spanish | befarse, burlarse, burlar, cachondearse, chancearse, chotearse, chungearse, mofarse, molestar, pitorrearse, recochinearse, tomar el pelo | |
| Catalan | amoïnar, burlar, fastidiar, fastiguejar, molestar, tantalitzar | |
| Nouns | Tantalus | (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus |
| tantaliser | someone who tantalizes | |
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