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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scratch, remove outer layer |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bark, bray, chafe, clean, erase, file, grate, graze, grind, irritate, pare, peel, rasp, rub, scour, scuff, shave, skin, squeak, thin, triturate |
| Antonyms: | smoothe |
| Main Entry: | fawning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deferential, groveling |
| Synonyms: | abject, adulatory, bootlicking, bowing, brownnosing, compliant, cowering, crawling, cringing, flattering, humble, ingratiating, kowtowing, mealy-mouthed, obsequious, parasitic, prostrate, scraping, servile, slavish, sniveling, spineless, submissive, subservient, sycophant, sycophantic |
| Antonyms: | aloof, cool, disinterested, proud, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | friction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rubbing |
| Synonyms: | abrasion, agitation, attrition, chafing, erosion, filing, fretting, grating, grinding, irritation, massage, rasping, resistance, scraping, soreness, traction, trituration, wearing away |
| Main Entry: | rub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stroke, massage |
| Synonyms: | abrasion, attrition, brushing, caress, friction, grinding, kneading, pat, polish, rasping, scouring, scraping, shine, smear, smoothing, stroking, swab, swipe, wear, wipe |
| Main Entry: | grinding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abrasive |
| Synonyms: | bone-crushing, crumbling, crunching, crushing, disintegrating, eroding, granulating, grating, milling, powdering, pulverizing, rubbing, scraping, shivering, smashing |
| Main Entry: | bicker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nastily argue |
| Synonyms: | altercate, brawl, caterwaul, cause a scene, cavil, dig, disagree, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, pick at, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, scrape, spar, spat, squabble, tiff, trade zingers, wrangle |
| Notes: | to bicker is to quarrel and to dicker is to haggle or bargain |
| Antonyms: | agree, concede, discuss |
| Main Entry: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lightly |
| Synonyms: | caress, contact, flick, glance, graze, kiss, scrape, shave, skim, smooth, stroke, sweep, tickle |
| Main Entry: | chafe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rub, grind against |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bark, corrode, damage, erode, excoriate, gall, grate, graze, hurt, impair, inflame, irritate, peel, ruffle, scrape, scratch, skin, wear |
| Notes: | to chafe means to rub until sore or worn; to chaff means to tease good-naturedly |
| Main Entry: | chafe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annoy |
| Synonyms: | abrade, anger, annoy, bother, exasperate, exercise, fret, fume, gall, grate, harass, incense, inflame, irk, irritate, itch, offend, provoke, rage, rasp, rub, ruffle, scrape, scratch, vex, worry |
| Notes: | to chafe means to rub until sore or worn; to chaff means to tease good-naturedly |
| Antonyms: | make happy |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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