Antonyms for chaffed

Grammar : Verb

Spell : chaf, chahf

Phonetic Transcription : tʃæf, tʃɑf

Definition of chaffed

Origin : "husks," Old English ceaf "chaff," probably from Proto-Germanic *kaf- "to gnaw, chew" (cf. Middle Dutch and Dutch kaf, German Kaff), from PIE root *gep(h)- "jaw, mouth" (see jowl (n.1)). Used figuratively for "worthless material" from late 14c.

verb joke, ridicule

Example sentences :

He felt that she was chaffing him, and he did not want to be chaffed by her.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

He chaffed Margaret too, and Margaret roused from a grave meditation was pleased and chaffed him back.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

He chaffed his father and even Anne, and left Lydia out, to her own pain.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

I mentioned it at the Club, and when old Charley turned up he was chaffed by the others.
Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang

In the company of his fellows he was either neglected or chaffed.
Extract from : « Tales Of Hearsay » by Joseph Conrad

"Go get out your car, Darling; I want to beat you," chaffed the next in line.
Extract from : « The Flying Mercury » by Eleanor M. Ingram

Ribiera chaffed him jovially on the way to the flying field.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various

Long years afterwards he used to be chaffed about it, and stood it very badly.
Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman

Well, you're not the first man who has chaffed me about that.
Extract from : « The Doctor of Pimlico » by William Le Queux

"I shall get chaffed about this if it comes out," she said regretfully.
Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Synonyms for chaffed

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