Tra từ teasing - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule);
provoking someone with persistent annoyances (Freq. 1)
- he ignored their teases
- his ribbing was gentle but persistent
• Syn:
tease, ribbing, tantalization
• Derivationally related forms:
tantalize (for: tantalization), rib (for: ribbing), tease, tease (for: tease)
• Hypernyms:
harassment, molestation
2. playful vexation
- the parody was just a form of teasing
• Hypernyms:
play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper
3. the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
• Syn:
comb-out
• Derivationally related forms:
tease, comb out (for: comb-out)
• Hypernyms:
comb, combing

II - adjective

1. causing irritation or annoyance
- tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
- aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
- found it galling to have to ask permission
- an irritating delay
- nettlesome paperwork
- a pesky mosquito
- swarms of pestering gnats
- a plaguey newfangled safety catch
- a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
- a vexatious child
- it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
• Syn:
annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome,
nettlesome, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey,
vexatious, vexing
• Similar to:
disagreeable
• Derivationally related forms:
plague (for: plaguey), plague (for: plaguy)
2. playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)
- "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
• Syn:
mocking, quizzical
• Similar to:
playful
3. arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it
- her lazy teasing smile
• Similar to:
seductive