What is another word for teasing ?

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

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“Teasing comments.”

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

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

unfavorable^US

minimising^UK

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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

Causing irritation or annoyance

enough to drive you up the wall

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

unfavorable^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

ill-favored^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

strictly for the birds

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

rubbing the wrong way

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Adjective

Pleasantly and sensually exciting

titillating

provocative

colourful^UK

colorful^US

mesmerizing^US

mesmerising^UK

aesthetic^UK

esthetic^US

as pretty as a picture

likable^US

aesthetically pleasing

likeable^UK

physically attractive

grand

curvy

resplendent

aesthetically appealing

off-color^US

off-colour^UK

physically gratifying

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Adjective

Tending to misbehave or act badly

off straight and narrow

obstinately disobedient

without law and order

unfavorable^US

quarrelling^UK

uncivilised^UK

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

uncivilized^US

quarreling^US

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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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Adjective

Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially to look at

likeable^UK

likable^US

aesthetic^UK

esthetic^US

as pretty as a picture

mesmerizing^US

mesmerising^UK

hypnotizing^US

hypnotising^UK

appetizing^US

appetising^UK

aesthetically pleasing

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

colorful^US

colourful^UK

savory^US

savoury^UK

favorable^US

favourable^UK

magnetizing^US

magnetising^UK

looking like a million

pleasantly old-fashioned

galvanising^UK

galvanizing^US

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Adjective

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

wooly^US

not easily understood

too hard to understand

ravelled^UK

raveled^US

neither fish nor fowl

sneaking

open-ended

neither one thing nor the other

to be decided

on the back burner

in a state of limbo

in a state of uncertainty

generalized^US

generalised^UK

blurred round the edges

still open to question

behind someone's back

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Noun

being rubbed up the wrong way

An act or instance of annoying or aggravating somebody

offence^UK

offense^US

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Noun

exaggerated representation

The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior

pulling someone's chain

backhanded compliment

good-humoured mockery

humour^UK

humor^US

pleasant conversation

rancor^US

rancour^UK

libeling^US

libelling^UK

character assassination

pretence^UK

pretense^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

distorted representation

false impression

exaggerated drawing

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Noun

Playing at courtship

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Noun

Joking, tricks

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

rumour^UK

rumor^US

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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Verb

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

getting someone's dander up

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

driving you up the wall

terrorizing^US

sticking in one's craw

setting one's teeth on edge

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

discriminating against

making it hot for someone

sticking the knife into

injuring

expelling

wronging

making things hot for someone

dragooning

terrorising^UK

getting the knife into

alarming

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

repressing

feeling ill will towards

showing ill will towards

bearing a grudge towards

trying the patience of

punishing repeatedly and unfairly

labouring^UK

laboring^US

making an enemy of somebody

getting on the wrong side of

searching high heaven

bringing pressure to bear on

upsetting the applecart

playing the heavy with

riding roughshod over

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

having your knife into

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

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

mesmerizing^US

mesmerising^UK

hypnotizing^US

magnetizing^US

hypnotising^UK

magnetising^UK

putting under a spell

giving a buzz

giving someone a kick

making someone feel good

pulling in

making content

holding the attention of

whetting the appetite of

humoring^US

humouring^UK

warming the cockles of the heart

sending into raptures

scintillating

drawing attention

bucking up

giving someone a charge

pleasing greatly

taking your breath away

coming on to

giving someone pleasure

grabbing the attention of

sending into transports

subjecting

astonishing

arousing the curiosity of

holding your attention

whetting one's appetite

engaging one's attention

making someone pleased

making someone glad

making somebody's day

giving great pleasure to

tickling the fancy of

sweeping someone off their feet

blinding

dazing

petrifying

putting under magic spell

forspeaking

putting the whammy on

putting horns on

filling with delight

turning someone's head

exerting influence on

making your mouth water

exerting a pull on

getting one's jollies

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

riveting the attention of

favouring^UK

favoring^US

fueling^US

firing with enthusiasm

sweeping you off your feet

getting under your skin

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

Verb

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

satirising^UK

satirizing^US

playing a practical joke on

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

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

leading up the garden path

digging at

catcalling

mucking someone about

shouting disapproval at

shouting catcalls at

having a joke on somebody

blowing raspberries at

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.”

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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

doing a hatchet job on

criticizing^US

slating

dragging through the mud

criticising^UK

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

pummelling^UK

look down one's nose at

bringing into disrepute

smirching

flaming

blackening the name of

scandalizing^US

devaluing

dispraising

throwing brickbats at

berating

scandalising^UK

dragging through the mire

sullying the reputation of

blackening the reputation of

disdaining

humbling

defiling

conducting a smear campaign against

running smear campaign

running a smear campaign against

bringing down

spreading scandal about

knocking off high horse

blackening the character of

holding forth against

dragging someone's name through the mud

tarring and feathering

bringing shame on

bringing discredit to

blackening someone's name

settling someone's hash

causing to feel small

bringing low

taking the wind out of your sails

making someone eat crow

showing up

making someone eat humble pie

taking down a peg or two

putting to shame

putting out of countenance

making a fool of

making ashamed

causing to lose face

shooting full of holes

demonizing^US

demonising^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

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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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