Synonyms for teasing
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : teez |
| Phonetic Transcription : tiz |
Top 10 synonyms for teasing Other synonyms for the word teasing
Définition of teasing
Origin :- "one who teases," 1852, from tease (v.). Specifically as short for cock-teaser, it was in use by 1976.
- adj pestering
- It suited his whim, and it did more than that: it gave him a chance to speak to her in his teasing way.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Napoleon flushed with anger, enraged both at the intrusion and the teasing.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- No; the spirit of a lion is not to be roused by the teasing of an insect.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- She smiled faintly, vaguely, tolerantly, as if she enjoyed his pleasure in teasing her.
- Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
- "I know," answered Bart, for he had a habit of teasing his sister.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
- Of course he'd be sorry for her, and all that, but he would only show it by teasing.
- Extract from : « Great Uncle Hoot-Toot » by Mrs. Molesworth
- Cicely Howe has been teasing me to stop over and go with her.
- Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- Miss Maud's "teasing" concerning the widow had set Jed to thinking.
- Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- "He meant that he will come up to see you," replied Dic, teasing her.
- Extract from : « A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties » by Charles Major
- There had been a bit of a teasing lilt in her half smothered words.
- Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
Antonyms for teasing
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