| tease | | |
| n. (person) | 1. annoyer, tease, teaser, vexer | someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity). |
| ~ unwelcome person, persona non grata | a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome. |
| n. (person) | 2. coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, tease, vamp, vamper | a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men. |
| ~ adult female, woman | an adult female person (as opposed to a man).; "the woman kept house while the man hunted" |
| n. (act) | 3. ribbing, tantalization, tease, teasing | 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" |
| ~ harassment, molestation | the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism. |
| v. (emotion) | 4. badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease | annoy persistently.; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" |
| ~ bedevil, dun, rag, crucify, frustrate, torment | treat cruelly.; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" |
| v. (communication) | 5. bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit | harass with persistent criticism or carping.; "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" |
| ~ bemock, mock | treat with contempt.; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" |
| ~ jeer, scoff, flout, gibe, barrack | laugh at with contempt and derision.; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" |
| ~ banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid | be silly or tease one another.; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" |
| v. (emotion) | 6. tease | to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them.; "The advertisement is intended to tease the customers"; "She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior" |
| ~ sex, wind up, excite, turn on, arouse | stimulate sexually.; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" |
| ~ disappoint, let down | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of.; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage" |
| ~ keep in line, control, manipulate | control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage.; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line" |
| v. (contact) | 7. tease | tear into pieces.; "tease tissue for microscopic examinations" |
| ~ rip up, shred, tear up | tear into shreds. |
| v. (contact) | 8. tease | raise the nap of (fabrics). |
| ~ change surface | undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface. |
| ~ brush | rub with a brush, or as if with a brush.; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket" |
| v. (contact) | 9. loosen, tease, tease apart | disentangle and raise the fibers of.; "tease wool" |
| ~ unsnarl, disentangle, straighten out | extricate from entanglement.; "Can you disentangle the cord?" |
| v. (contact) | 10. card, tease | separate the fibers of.; "tease wool" |
| ~ separate | divide into components or constituents.; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" |
| v. (communication) | 11. tease | mock or make fun of playfully.; "the flirting man teased the young woman" |
| ~ blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, rib, roast | subject to laughter or ridicule.; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" |
| v. (body) | 12. fluff, tease | ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect. |
| ~ comb out, comb, disentangle | smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb.; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" |
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