What is another word for teasing ?

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

“Teasing comments.”

Adjective

Fond of or characterized by joking

flaky^UK

flakey^US

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Adjective

Of or pertaining to flirtation

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Adjective

Questioning or suggesting puzzlement

enquiring^UK

inquiring^US

sceptical^UK

skeptical^US

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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

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

unfavorable^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

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Adjective

Exhibiting a mischievous or reckless playfulness

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Adjective

Expressing or characterized by derision

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Adjective

Pleasantly and sensually exciting

colourful^UK

mesmerizing^US

colorful^US

mesmerising^UK

aesthetic^UK

esthetic^US

as pretty as a picture

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Adjective

determined to have one's own way

Tending to misbehave or act badly

off straight and narrow

unfavorable^US

obstinately disobedient

as stubborn as a mule

complex

burdensome

antisocial

without law and order

with a will of one's own

impossible to cope with

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Adjective

Showing or suggesting that one has knowledge or awareness of something

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Adjective

Aesthetically pleasing to view or look at

aesthetic^UK

esthetic^US

likeable^UK

likable^US

luring

provocative

seductive

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

as pretty as a picture

mesmerizing^US

mesmerising^UK

hypnotizing^US

hypnotising^UK

appetizing^US

appetising^UK

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

savory^US

favorable^US

savoury^UK

favourable^UK

magnetizing^US

magnetising^UK

aesthetically pleasing

colorful^US

colourful^UK

looking like a million

galvanising^UK

galvanizing^US

honourable^UK

honorable^US

pleasantly old-fashioned

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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

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

still open to question

still open to doubt

with tongue in cheek

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Noun

being rubbed up the wrong way

An act or instance of annoying or aggravating somebody

offence^UK

offense^US

disfavour^UK

furor^US

disfavor^US

furore^UK

rancour^UK

rancor^US

baulk^UK

balk^US

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Noun

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

pretence^UK

pretense^US

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Noun

misrepresentation of character

Playing at courtship

Noun

Abuse; insults

character assassination

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

offence^UK

offense^US

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

libeling^US

libelling^UK

rap over the knuckles

riot act

black eye

defamation of character

backhanded compliment

rumour^UK

rumor^US

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

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Noun

Joking, tricks

pretence^UK

pretense^US

Noun

Mischievous or roguishly playful behavior

humor^US

humour^UK

misbehavior^US

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Noun

Activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation, especially by children

humour^UK

humor^US

gamboling^US

gambolling^UK

misbehavior^US

specialty^US

speciality^UK

vigor^US

vigour^UK

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

endeavour^UK

endeavor^US

unrestrained behavior

bit of amusement

night on the razzle

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Verb

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

giving someone a hard time

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

getting your goat

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting your dander 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

making someone's blood boil

getting on someone's nerves

bending someone's ear

rubbing the wrong way

getting on one's nerves

getting someone's back up

victimizing^US

making someone's hackles rise

giving a bad time

breathing down someone's neck

driving bananas

ruffling someone's feathers

getting under someone's skin

getting in someone's hair

rankling with

victimising^UK

trying someone's patience

getting on someone's wick

getting up someone's nose

criticizing^US

terrorizing^US

agonizing^US

getting in one's hair

terrorising^UK

picking at

agonising^UK

criticising^UK

putting someone's back up

getting under one's skin

getting across someone

singling out

getting someone's dander up

rattling someone's cage

putting someone's nose out of joint

pressing

messing

pushing someon's buttons

bumming

driving you up the wall

assailing

hacking

getting someone's goat

getting on somebody's nerves

running up the wrong way

questioning

inciting

grilling

getting someone's hackles up

trying one's patience

getting a rise out of

preying on one's mind

tyrannizing^US

sticking in one's craw

setting one's teeth on edge

making it hot for someone

sticking the knife into

injuring

expelling

making things hot for someone

getting the knife into

railroading

steamrollering

mixing up

discriminating against

unsettling

blustering

riding roughshod over

using strong-arm tactics on

getting up somebody's nose

rubbing somebody up the wrong way

gibing

alarming

leading someone a merry dance

punishing

playing cat and mouse

wringing

boning

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

getting in the hair of

getting on the nerves of

taking the mickey out of

taking the piss out of

tyrannising^UK

keeping someone hanging on

making mouth water

making someone's mouth water

keeping complaining to

making self-conscious

throwing into a tizzy

dishonoring^US

putting out of countenance

putting the squeeze on

prevailing on

putting the screws on

bringing pressure to bear on

twisting someone's arm

getting someone's wick

putting under an obligation

getting on someone's tits

causing discomfort to

twisting somebody's arm

putting through the wringer

searching high heaven

jumping on one's case

giving one the business

deriding

abasing

repressing

playing the heavy with

brutalising^UK

brutalizing^US

doing an injustice to

giving no quarter

stepping on the toes of

keeping down

ruling with a rod of iron

putting screws to

handicapping

beating down

bringing under the yoke

ruling with an iron hand

bringing someone to their knees

scaring the bejesus out of

putting the screws to

exerting influence on

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Verb

To be arousing someone

firing the imagination of

floating someone's boat

getting going

giving someone a thrill

lighting someone's fire

tickling someone's fancy

galvanizing^US

galvanising^UK

getting someone going

lighting a fire under

firing the enthusiasm of

rallying

producing

mesmerizing^US

mesmerising^UK

hypnotizing^US

magnetizing^US

hypnotising^UK

magnetising^UK

sweeping off one's feet

putting under a spell

giving someone a kick

warming the cockles of the heart

humouring^UK

humoring^US

holding the attention of

sweeping off your feet

whetting the appetite of

making someone feel good

sending into raptures

making content

pleasing greatly

steering

drawing one's attention

catching hold of

getting one's kicks

bucking up

giving someone a charge

giving the evil eye

coming on to

grabbing the attention of

subjecting

taking someone's breath away

sending into transports

turning one on

tickling the fancy of

giving great pleasure to

arousing the curiosity of

making someone pleased

making somebody's day

making someone content

arousing one's curiosity

capturing one's imagination

mattering to

holding one's attention

whetting one's appetite

engaging one's attention

exerting influence on

catching someone's eye

exerting a pull on

making someone's mouth water

getting one's jollies

put ting'em away

breaking one up

giving the come-on to

putting under magic spell

forspeaking

putting the whammy on

paralysing^UK

putting the evil eye on

favouring^UK

favoring^US

sweeping someone off their feet

blinding

dazing

taking somebody's breath away

fueling^US

firing with enthusiasm

knocking one's socks off

stopping in one's tracks

rooting

stopping dead

riveting the attention of

paralyzing^US

stopping one dead

stopping someone in their tracks

making somebody laugh

sweeping you off your feet

making a hit with someone

giving someone pleasure

winning the affection of

getting under someone's 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

giving someone a hard time

taking the mickey out of

pulling someone's leg

leading on

flirting with

poking borak at

pulling somebody's leg

swipeing at

leading somebody on

taking the piss out of

making a monkey out of

treating with contempt

pooh-poohing

hooting

making a fool of

treating contemptuously

holding up to ridicule

pulling someone's chain

playing a practical joke

making a laughing-stock

playing a practical joke on

getting a rise out of

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

leading up the garden path

gambolling^UK

gamboling^US

telling somebody stories

mucking someone about

shouting disapproval at

blowing raspberries at

messing someone around

shucking someone

making a monkey out of someone

putting someone on

messing someone about

making someone a laughing stock

laughing out of court

turning your nose up at

regarding with contempt

look down one's nose at

thumbing one's nose at

making cutting remarks about

leering

swiping

saying contemptuously

underrating

grinning

turning up one's nose

transgressing against

rebelling against

failing to comply with

refusing to obey

kicking against

flying in the face of

going against

committing a breach of

treating with disdain

looking right through

giving the bum's rush

telling someone where to get off

freezing out

giving the brush

giving someone the brush-off

giving the cold shoulder

giving someone the go-by

spitting in the face of

being above

turning up your nose at

pissing on

trashing

giving the Bronx cheer to

avoiding

considering beneath one

spitting in the eye of

spitting on

refuting

considering beneath you

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

Verb

hurting someone'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

calling someone names

cutting to the quick

stepping on one's toes

throwing shade

Verb

making romantic advances to

Present participle for behave as though sexually attracted to someone, but playfully rather than with serious intentions

picking up

winking at

batting eyes at

giving the come-on to

making a move

making a pass

making eyes at

making sheep's eyes at

behaving flirtatiously

flirting with

carrying on

womanizing^US

womanising^UK

having affairs affair

tinkering

amusing oneself

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

maneuvering^US

manoeuvring^UK

talking into something

roping in

twisting somebody's arm

rubbing the right way

bringing someone round

bringing pressure to bear on

humouring^UK

expressing admiration for

humoring^US

paying blandishments to

groveling^US

grovelling^UK

saying nice things about

complimenting excessively

laying it on with a trowel

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Verb

Present participle for to deceive or fool someone

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