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Antonyms for chafing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : cheyf
Phonetic Transcription : tʃeɪf

Definition of chafing

Origin :
  • early 14c., chaufen, c.1300, "be provoked;" late 14c. in literal sense "to make warm, to heat," also intransitive, "to grow warm or hot," especially (early 15c.) "to warm by rubbing," from Old French chaufer "heat, warm up, become warm" (12c., Modern French chauffer), from Vulgar Latin *calefare, from Latin calefacere "to make hot, make warm," from calere "be warm" (see calorie) + facere "to make, do" (see factitious).
  • Figurative sense from late 14c. include now-obsolete "kindle (joy), inspire, make passionate" as well as "provoke, vex, anger." Sense of "make sore by rubbing" first recorded 1520s. Related: Chafed; chafing.
  • verb rub, grind against
  • verb annoy
Example sentences :
  • Wilson, chafing under the delay, was obliged to admit to himself that it was best.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • She had stepped across to that side, and held the hand between her own two, chafing it.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • The latter was worked up by the chafing speeches of the Marshal.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Roaring and chafing like an angry sea, the crowd pressed after them.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • By this time the first man was chafing to take a second turn.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • And so Tresler had to be content; ill at ease, chafing, but quite powerless.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Robbie had recovered his wakefulness, and was kneeling at Sim's feet, chafing his hands.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • Mercy was down on her knees beside the insensible man, chafing his hands.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • The chafing of his horses had penetrated to his numbing brain.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • It is wonderful the amount of pleasure and satisfaction that can be had with a Chafing Dish.
  • Extract from : « Sandwiches » by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer

Synonyms for chafing

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