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tease [teez]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: aggravate, provoke
Synonyms: annoy, badger, bait, banter, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, chaff, devil, disturb, dog*, gibe, give a hard time, gnaw, goad, harass, harry, hector, importune, jive, josh, lead on, mock, needle, nudge, pester, pick on, plague, put down*, rag, rally, razz, rib, ride, ridicule, roast, send up, slam, snap, sound, spoof, swipe at, tantalize, taunt, torment, vex, worry
Main Entry: annoy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: irritate, upset
Synonyms: T-off, abrade, agitate, ask for it, badger, be at, be on the back of, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, burn up, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on, exasperate, fire up, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, heat up, henpeck, hit where one lives, irk, madden, make waves, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, tick off, trouble, turn off, vex, work on, worry
Antonyms: aid, gratify, make happy, please, soothe
Main Entry: badger
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: nag, bother
Synonyms: annoy, bait, bug, bully, eat*, give the business, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, importune, insist on, needle, nudge, pester, plague, ride, tease, torment, work on
Example Sentences
  • Kids will always find some reason to tease other kids.
  • Course sequences may indicate instructors' strengths, but colleges find the data hard to tease out.
  • Pundits bitterly debate the meaning of the shift, while economists struggle to tease out the factors behind it.
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Main Entry: bait
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: needle
Synonyms: anger, annoy, badger, bother, gall, harass, heckle, hound, irk, irritate, nag, persecute, provoke, tease, torment
Main Entry: beleaguer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: harass, besiege
Synonyms: annoy, badger, bedevil, beset, blockade, bother, gnaw, harry, nag, persecute, pester, plague, put upon, set upon, siege, storm, tease, vex, worry
Main Entry: bother
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: harass, annoy; give trouble
Synonyms: afflict, aggravate, agitate, alarm, badger, bedevil, bore, browbeat, carp at, concern, cross, discommode, disconcert, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, distress, disturb, eat, embarrass, exacerbate, exasperate, goad, grate on, grieve, harry, hinder, hurt, impede, inconvenience, insult, intrude upon, irk, irritate, molest, nag, needle, nudge, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, pick on, plague, provoke, pursue, put out, ride, scare, spite, tantalize, taunt, tease, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry
Antonyms: aid, help, please
Main Entry: bully
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: domineering person
Synonyms: annoyer, antagonizer, browbeater, bulldozer, coercer, harrier, hector, insolent, intimidator, oppressor, persecutor, pest, rascal, rowdy, ruffian, tease, tormenter, tough
Main Entry: chaff
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: joke, ridicule
Synonyms: banter, deride, fun, jeer, jolly, josh, kid, mock, rag, rally, razz, rib, scoff, taunt, tease
Main Entry: coax
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: persuade
Synonyms: allure, argue into, arm-twist, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney, butter up, cajole, come on, con, decoy, entice, flatter, get, hook, importune, induce, influence, inveigle, jawbone, lure, pester, plague, press, prevail upon, rope in, soft-soap, soothe, sweet-talk, talk into, tease, tempt, urge, wangle, wheedle, work on, worm
Antonyms: allow, not care
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