What is another word for teasing ?

An act or instance of engaging in playful banter

backhanded compliment

pulling someone's chain

good-humoured mockery

humour^UK

humor^US

pleasant conversation

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“We all had a lot of fun, and that entailed a lot of teasing and laughter.”

Noun

being rubbed up the wrong way

An act or instance of annoying or aggravating somebody

offence^UK

offense^US

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“Bullying and mean teasing by siblings or peers can hurt self-esteem, too.”

Noun

Playing at courtship

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Noun

The fact of being flippant or the act of clowning around

Noun

Mischievous or roguishly playful behavior

Noun

misrepresentation of character

(British, informal) Verbal abuse or insults

character assassination

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

offense^US

offence^UK

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

libeling^US

libelling^UK

defamation of character

backhanded compliment

rumor^US

rumour^UK

rap over the knuckles

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Noun

Activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation, especially by children

humor^US

humour^UK

gamboling^US

gambolling^UK

specialty^US

speciality^UK

vigor^US

vigour^UK

misbehavior^US

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Adjective

Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way

tempting

tongue-in-cheek

“I cannot tell the difference between a playful teasing remark and a deliberate insult.”

Adjective

enough to try the patience of a saint

Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a harrassive way

enough to drive you up the wall

bedevilling^UK

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

bedeviling^US

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“They tolerated the teasing insults until they had no choice but to retaliate.”

Adjective

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

Playful, especially in a flirtatious way

full of get-up-and-go

full of beans

full of pep

in high spirits

full of joie de vivre

feeling one's oats

full of vim and vigour

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Adjective

Expressing or characterized by scorn or contempt

libellous^UK

libelous^US

skeptical^US

sceptical^UK

unfavorable^US

minimising^UK

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

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Adjective

without a care in the world

Fond of or characterized by joking

flaky^UK

flakey^US

full of the joys of spring

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

full of vim and vigour

beside oneself with joy

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Adjective

Pleasantly and sensually exciting

titillating

provocative

mesmerizing^US

mesmerising^UK

colourful^UK

colorful^US

hypnotizing^US

hypnotising^UK

aesthetic^UK

esthetic^US

as pretty as a picture

physically gratifying

likable^US

likeable^UK

off-color^US

off-colour^UK

physically attractive

aesthetically appealing

well-formed

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Tending to misbehave or act badly

off straight and narrow

obstinately disobedient

unfavorable^US

without law and order

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Adjective

Showing or suggesting that one has knowledge or awareness of something

symbolizing^US

signalling^UK

symbolising^UK

signaling^US

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too difficult to understand

Difficult to interpret or understand

difficult to understand

impossible to understand

full of twists and turns

impossible to interpret

gray^US

grey^UK

woolly^UK

not easily understood

wooly^US

too hard to understand

ravelled^UK

raveled^US

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Adjective

Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially to look at

looking like a million bucks

aesthetic^UK

esthetic^US

as pretty as a picture

marvelous^US

marvellous^UK

colourful^UK

colorful^US

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Verb

getting someone's dander up

To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting someone's goat

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting your back up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

rubbing the wrong way

getting up someone's nose

getting on one's nerves

keeping on at

bending someone's ear

making somebody's hackles rise

ruffling one's feathers

breathing down someone's neck

victimizing^US

getting your dander up

victimising^UK

getting across someone

running up the wrong way

rattling someone's cage

putting someone's nose out of joint

bumming

messing

pushing someon's buttons

wigging

hacking

getting someone

getting your hackles up

getting a rise out of

terrorizing^US

driving you up the wall

sticking in one's craw

setting one's teeth on edge

unsettling

tyrannizing^US

burning

attacking

making it hot for someone

sticking the knife into

injuring

expelling

wronging

making things hot for someone

dragooning

terrorising^UK

getting the knife into

tyrannising^UK

discriminating against

taking the piss out of

getting in the hair of

razzing

taking the mickey

getting on the nerves of

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

busting someone's balls

keeping complaining to

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

brutalizing^US

brutalising^UK

rubbing you up the wrong way

inflicting anguish on

showing antagonism to

disapproving of

feeling ill will towards

showing ill will towards

bearing a grudge towards

trying the patience of

punishing repeatedly and unfairly

labouring^UK

laboring^US

upsetting the applecart

making an enemy of somebody

getting on the wrong side of

bringing pressure to bear on

searching high heaven

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

having your knife into

playing the heavy with

riding roughshod over

targetting

targeting

aggressing

jumping on one's case

putting the squeeze on

dishonoring^US

doing an injustice to

giving no quarter

stepping on the toes of

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

giving someone the works

inflicting pain on

working over

inflicting suffering on

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Verb

To be arousing someone

making someone feel sexually excited

floating someone's boat

getting going

giving someone a thrill

lighting someone's fire

tickling someone's fancy

turning someone on

provoking

tickling your fancy

getting someone going

galvanizing^US

galvanising^UK

magnetizing^US

mesmerizing^US

magnetising^UK

mesmerising^UK

giving someone a kick

hypnotizing^US

hypnotising^UK

energizing^US

giving someone a charge

energising^UK

fueling^US

firing with enthusiasm

making someone feel sexy

keying up

lighting a fire under

drawing attention

making happy

revitalising^UK

making your mouth water

putting under a spell

whetting the appetite of

making an impression on

coming on to

arousing the curiosity of

holding your attention

whetting one's appetite

engaging one's attention

taking your breath away

turning someone's head

exerting influence on

humoring^US

humouring^UK

making your head spin

making someone feel good

keeping someone hanging on

making someone pleased

making content

making someone glad

dangling a carrot in front of

agreeing with

gladding

making somebody's day

getting one's jollies

holding the attention of

giving someone great pleasure

giving a shot in the arm

putting a bomb under

kick-starting

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“He chuckled nervously as she began to tease him with her dance moves.”

Verb

playing a practical joke on

Present participle for to tease, typically in a good-natured way

satirising^UK

satirizing^US

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

pulling someone's leg

taking the piss out of

making a monkey out of

treating with contempt

treating contemptuously

pulling someone's chain

playing tricks

holding up to ridicule

dumping on

shouting at

holding up to shame

getting a rise out of

playing a practical joke

thumbing nose at

laughing out of court

gambolling^UK

gamboling^US

leading up the garden path

mucking someone about

shouting disapproval at

blowing raspberries at

shouting catcalls at

having a joke on somebody

poking fun

making a crack

giving the Bronx cheer to

running down

making a laughing-stock

making someone a laughing stock

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“His classmates have known him since kindergarten and do not tease him about his tics.”

Verb

hurting somebody's feelings

Present participle for to speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse

libelling^UK

libeling^US

dishonoring^US

treating disrespectfully

calling names

casting aspersions on

cutting to the quick

stepping on one's toes

belaboring^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

belabouring^UK

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Verb

making romantic advances to

Present participle for to woo or flirt with

giving the come-on to

behaving flirtatiously

coming hither

making sheep's eyes at

womanizing^US

womanising^UK

having affairs affair

playing fast and loose

taking lightly

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Present participle for to separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers

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Present participle for to hold hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look

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Present participle for to persuade someone to do something

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