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What is another word for chafes?

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To cause soreness through rubbing or friction

To wear away or cause damage through applied friction

To excite heat in by friction

To annoy or aggravate someone

To become annoyed, angry or impatient

To be anxious or concerned about something in particular

To have a strong desire for

To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried

(of the skin) To become cracked, rough, or sore, especially through exposure to wind or cold weather

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To cause soreness through rubbing or friction

removes the skin from

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“He took care with it, making sure to leave no knots of thread that would chafe bruised skin.”

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To wear away or cause damage through applied friction

oxidizes^US

oxidises^UK

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“The machine is becoming very popular for dyeing knit goods due to the absence of reels or drives that chafe fabric or tangle strands.”

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To excite heat in by friction

“A shiver passed through Darius, and he began to chafe his arms to push some warmth back into them.”

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To annoy or aggravate someone

rubs up the wrong way

gives someone the hump

antagonizes^US

makes someone see red

antagonises^UK

makes somebody's hackles rise

drives to distraction

niggles

makes your blood boil

drives round the bend

ruffles one's feathers

gives someone the pip

drives round the twist

gets up someone's nose

puts someone's nose out of joint

sets one's teeth on edge

gets your hackles up

rattles someone's cage

makes anxious

rubs you up the wrong way

makes uneasy

tries the patience of

tantalizes^US

tantalises^UK

agonizes^US

agonises^UK

drives you up the wall

wears out

gets someone's wick

messes

gets on the wrong side of

makes an enemy of somebody

pushes someon's buttons

victimizes^US

terrorizes^US

makes someone scratch their head

victimises^UK

terrorises^UK

makes it hot for someone

sticks the knife into

makes things hot for someone

puts someone off their stroke

pushes the buttons of

thumbs nose at

hurts somebody's feelings

causes someone to lose their composure

breathes down someone's neck

scandalizes^US

appals^UK

scandalises^UK

appalls^US

rattles someone's chain

pressurizes^US

pressurises^UK

demoralizes^US

tyrannises^UK

tyrannizes^US

trolls

touches

runs up the wrong way

sets someone's teeth on edge

demoralises^UK

drives you to distraction

drives you round the twist

drives you round the bend

brings pressure to bear on

criticises^UK

criticizes^US

drives you off your head

makes somebody's blood boil

drives you out of your mind

treads on someone's toes

gives the cold shoulder

makes severe demands on

takes the heart out of

galvanizes^US

satirizes^US

galvanises^UK

energizes^US

energises^UK

satirises^UK

takes the piss out of

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“His leadership would chafe her in any one of a thousand different ways.”

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To become annoyed, angry or impatient

smoulders^UK

smolders^US

goes off the deep end

has a fit

gets hot under the collar

gets steamed up about

works oneself into sweat

goes through the roof

bursts a blood vessel

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“They chafe at labeling as pathological qualities that may be merely irritating.”

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To be anxious or concerned about something in particular

agonises^UK

agonizes^US

goes through the mill

labors^US

labours^UK

wrestles with oneself

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To have a strong desire for

eats one's heart out over

regrets the absence of

has one's heart set on

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To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried

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(of the skin) To become cracked, rough, or sore, especially through exposure to wind or cold weather

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