teasing
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Synonyms:
plaguing, pestering, tickling, badgering, harassing, bothering, taunting, gibing, irritating, tormenting, provoking, kidding, playing, annoying Collocations, winding up, aggravating, joking Collocations, fooling
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comforting, regaling, praising, consoling, reassuring, soothing Collocations, pacifying, praising, encouraging Collocations, heartening
tease
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Sense: Verb: joke
Synonyms:
joke around with , joke with, kid Collocations , mess around with , fool around with , make fun of , poke fun at , wind up , mock Collocations, rib Collocations , needle Collocations , josh, badger Collocations, cajole, drive sb crazy , pull sb's leg , goad, pester
Sense: Verb: harass
Synonyms:
put down, pick on, make fun of, ridicule, harass Collocations, bully Collocations, persecute, taunt Collocations, hassle Collocations, insult Collocations, heckle, needle Collocations, torment, deride, take the piss out of , take the mickey out of
Sense: Verb: arouse sexual desire
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Sense: Noun: playful person
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