tease | (noun) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances | Synonyms: ribbing, tantalization, teasing |
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(noun) someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) | Synonyms: annoyer, teaser, vexer |
(noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men | Synonyms: coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, vamp, vamper |
(verb) ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect | Synonyms: fluff |
(verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, twit |
(verb) mock or make fun of playfully | - |
(verb) separate the fibers of | Synonyms: card |
(verb) disentangle and raise the fibers of | Synonyms: loosen, tease apart |
(verb) raise the nap of (fabrics) | - |
(verb) tear into pieces | - |
(verb) annoy persistently | Synonyms: badger, beleaguer, bug, pester |
(verb) to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them | - |
teased | (adjective) feeling mild pleasurable excitement | Synonyms: titillated |
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teasel | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts | Synonyms: teasle, teazel |
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teaser | (noun) a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings | Synonyms: tormenter, tormentor |
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(noun) a device for teasing wool | - |
(noun) a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution | Synonyms: mystifier, puzzle, puzzler |
(noun) an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest | - |
(noun) an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show | - |
(noun) someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) | Synonyms: annoyer, tease, vexer |
(noun) a worker who teases wool | - |
teashop | (noun) a restaurant where tea and light meals are available | Synonyms: tea parlor, tea parlour, teahouse, tearoom |
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teasing | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, vexatious, vexing |
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(adjective) playfully vexing (especially by ridicule) | Synonyms: mocking, quizzical |
(adjective) arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it | - |
(noun) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances | Synonyms: ribbing, tantalization, tease |
(noun) playful vexation | - |
(noun) the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb | Synonyms: comb-out |
teasingly | (adverb) in a playfully teasing manner | Synonyms: tauntingly |
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teasle | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts | Synonyms: teasel, teazel |
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teaspoon | (noun) a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram | - |
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(noun) as much as a teaspoon will hold | Synonyms: teaspoonful |
teaspoonful | (noun) as much as a teaspoon will hold | Synonyms: teaspoon |
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