| VERB | emotion | tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer | annoy persistently |
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| communication | tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride | harass with persistent criticism or carping | |
| emotion | tease | to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them | |
| contact | tease | tear into pieces | |
| contact | tease | raise the nap of (fabrics) | |
| contact | tease, tease apart, loosen | disentangle and raise the fibers of | |
| contact | tease, card | separate the fibers of | |
| communication | tease | mock or make fun of playfully | |
| body | tease, fluff | ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect | |
| NOUN | person | tease, teaser, annoyer, vexer | someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) |
| person | tease, coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, prickteaser | a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men | |
| act | tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalization | the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule) |
| Sounds | tiy'z | |
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| Rhymes | Achilles ... Yerkes: 115 rhymes with iyz... | |
| Meaning | someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity). | |
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| Synonyms | teaser, annoyer, vexer | |
| Broader | unwelcome person, persona non grata | A person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome |
| Spanish | bromista, burlón, chunguero, ganso | |
| Verbs | tease | harass with persistent criticism or carping |
| tease | annoy persistently | |
| Meaning | A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, prickteaser | |
| Broader | woman, adult female | An adult female person (as opposed to a man) |
| Spanish | coqueta, mujer fatal, seductora, vamper, vampiresa | |
| Catalan | coqueta, seductora, vampiressa | |
| Verbs | tease | mock or make fun of playfully |
| tease | to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them | |
| Meaning | The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances. | |
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| Example | "he ignored their teases" | |
| Synonyms | teasing, ribbing, tantalization | |
| Broader | harassment, molestation | The act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks / attacks and criticism |
| Spanish | burla, vacile | |
| Catalan | provocar, vacil·lar | |
| Verbs | tease | harass with persistent criticism or carping |
| tease | annoy persistently | |
| Meaning | annoy persistently. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot tease Sue | |
| Example | "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" | |
| Synonyms | badger, pester, bug, beleaguer | |
| Broader | torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate | treat cruelly |
| Spanish | acosar, atormentar, burlar, hostigar, importunar, joder, jorobar, molestar | |
| Catalan | assetjar, atabuixar, burlar, cansar, empaitar, esgotar, fastiguejar, fatigar, molestar | |
| Nouns | tease | the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule) |
| tease, teaser | someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) | |
| Meaning | harass with persistent criticism or carping. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The children teased the new teacher" | |
| Synonyms | razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, 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 | tease, teasing | the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule) |
| tease, teaser | someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) | |
| Meaning | To arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The advertisement is intended to tease the customers" | |
| Entails | arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up | stimulate sexually |
| disappoint, let down | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of | |
| Broader | manipulate, keep in line, control | Control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage |
| Spanish | burlar, engañar, tomar el pelo | |
| Catalan | amoïnar, burlar, fastidiar, fastiguejar, molestar | |
| Nouns | tease | a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men |
| Meaning | tear into pieces. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "tease tissue for microscopic examinations" | |
| Broader | shred, tear up, rip up | tear into shreds |
| Spanish | despedazar | |
| Meaning | Raise the nap of (fabrics) . | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Entails | brush | rub with a brush, or as if with a brush |
| Broader | change surface | Undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface |
| Spanish | cardar | |
| Meaning | disentangle and raise the fibers of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "tease wool" | |
| Synonyms | tease apart, loosen | |
| Broader | disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out | extricate from entanglement |
| Spanish | aflojar, desatar, soltar | |
| Catalan | afluixar, deixar anar, deslligar, soltar | |
| Nouns | teaser | a device for teasing wool |
| teaser | a worker who teases wool | |
| Meaning | separate the fibers of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "tease wool" | |
| Synonym | card | |
| Broader | separate | divide into components or constituents |
| Spanish | cardar, peinar | |
| Catalan | cardar | |
| Meaning | mock or make fun of playfully. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "the flirting man teased the young woman" | |
| Broader | ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun | subject to laughter or ridicule |
| Spanish | tomar el pelo | |
| Nouns | tease | a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men |
| teaser | someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) | |
| Meaning | ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They tease their hair | |
| Synonym | fluff | |
| Broader | comb, comb out, disentangle | smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb |
| Spanish | encrespar | |
| Nouns | teasing | the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb |
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