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Tease

verb

(past & past part. teased; pres. part. teasing)

1.

Annoy persistently. Synonyms: badger, beleaguer, bug, pester.

2.

Harass with persistent criticism or carping. Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, twit. "Don't ride me so hard over my failure" , "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"

3.

To arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them. "She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior"

4.

Tear into pieces.

5.

Raise the nap of (fabrics).

6.

Disentangle and raise the fibers of. Synonyms: loosen, tease apart.

7.

Separate the fibers of. Synonym: card.

8.

Mock or make fun of playfully.

9.

Ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect. Synonym: fluff.

noun

1.

Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity). Synonyms: annoyer, teaser, vexer.

2.

A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men. Synonyms: coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, vamp, vamper.

3.

The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances. Synonyms: ribbing, tantalization, teasing. "His ribbing was gentle but persistent"

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"Tease" Quotes from Famous Books

... man who might and would get me if he thought he could get away with it. But why should he wish to shoot a woman? Crawl out to the left and then go in and let the folks know everything is all right now. I'm going to hang around a bit and try to tease that cayuse into shooting at ...

— Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great American Desert • Jessie Graham Flower

... present—the veil which, in your princely extravagance, you sent for from London: resolved, I suppose, since I would not have jewels, to cheat me into accepting something as costly. I smiled as I unfolded it, and devised how I would tease you about your aristocratic tastes, and your efforts to masque your plebeian bride in the attributes of a peeress. I thought how I would carry down to you the square of unembroidered blond I had myself prepared as a covering ...

— Jane Eyre - an Autobiography • Charlotte Bronte

... speaker, delighted to tease the doctor, "for instance, I made up my mind all the time I was here to stick in a low form. It was an easier life, and fun to boss kids like Edgar Doe and Rupert Ray. And I pulled all the strings of the famous Bramhall Riot, as Ray knows. And ...

— Tell England - A Study in a Generation • Ernest Raymond

... dog who cannot approach, by constantly putting out at him its fiery tongue. The clock, bored in its oak case, before striking the august hour of meal time, swings its great gilt navel to and fro; and the cunning flies tease your ears. On the glittering table lie a chicken, a hare, three partridges, besides other things which are called fruits—peaches, melons, grapes—and which are all good for nothing. The cook guts a big silver fish and throws the entrails (instead of giving them to ...

— Our Friend the Dog • Maurice Maeterlinck

... human hands, a door would fly open, giving a tantalizing glimpse of things to eat which he could never touch, for if he came near, the door would close again as mysteriously as it had opened. Dan loved to tease him with it, and Zeb, fearing magic, would take to his heels whenever ...

— The Puritan Twins • Lucy Fitch Perkins

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