Teasing
Teasing is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 8 points
- Letters
- 7
- Syllables
- 2
- How common
- Less common
Meaning of teasing
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nounThe act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances.
“he ignored their teases”
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nounPlayful vexation.
“the parody was just a form of teasing”
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nounThe act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb.
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adjectivePlayfully vexing (especially by ridicule)- Lawrence Durrell.
“his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air”
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adjectiveArousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it.
“her lazy teasing smile”
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adjectiveCausing irritation or annoyance.
“tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork”
Similar: annoying , bothersome , galling , irritating , nettlesome , pesky , pestering , pestiferous , plaguy , plaguey , vexatious , vexing
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of teasing
Words inside teasing
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- agents7
- eating7
- giants7
- easing7
- ageist7
- gainst7
- ingest7
- sating7
- signet7
- tinges7
- tisane6
- ingate7
- tenias6
- tineas6
- stage6
- agent6
- gains6
- gates6
- giant6
- saint5
- aegis6
- angst6
- gents6
- satin5
- stain5
- stein5
- sting6
- anise5
- antes5
- antis5
- gaits6
- gnats6
- inset5
- nates5
- nites5
- senti5
- singe6
- stane5
- stang6
- tangs6
Words that rhyme with teasing
- freezing
- easing
- pleasing
- seizing
- sneezing
- squeezing
- wheezing
- appeasing
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