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chafeverb to make sore by continued rubbingill-fitting boots that had badly chafed my heels abrade, excoriate, fret, gall, irritate graze, scrape, scratchburn, inflame(also enflame)flay, peel, skin to damage or diminish by continued frictionconstant stepping on a rope will gradually chafe it, rendering it unsafe for rock climbing abrade, corrade, erode, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, rasp, rub, wear file, gnaw, grate, graze, grind, nibble, sandblast, sandpaper, scour, scrape, scuff, shaveerase, reduce, rub out, wear out, wipe (away)bite, break down, break up, chew, corrode, decompose, disintegrate, dissolve, eathone, sharpen, whet to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable actsnothing chafes us so much as those telemarketers who call during the dinner hour aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, burn (up), eat, exasperate, frost, gall, get, grate, gripe, hack (off), irk, irritate, itch, nark(British), nettle, peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rasp, rile, ruffle, spite, vex hassle, hecklenaginflame(also enflame), provoke, rousebadger, bait, bullyrag(also ballyrag), devil, hagride, harass, harry, pester, plague, teaseanger, antagonize, enrage, incense, infuriate, madden, rankle, roilagitate, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, exercise, freak (out), fret, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worryaffront, insult, miff, offend, outrage get one's goat, get on one's nerves, get to, rub the wrong way, set one's teeth on edge, stick in one's craw, wear on appease, conciliate, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, propitiatedelight, gladden, gratify, please, satisfyassure, cheer, comfort, console, content, quiet, reassure, solace, soothe in the 14th century |