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teasenoun a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to anothershe can be a very cruel tease when she happens upon an unpopular girl who is easily hurt baiter, harasser, heckler, mocker, needler, persecutor, quiz, quizzer, ridiculer, taunter, teaser, tormentor(also tormenter), torturer belittler, derider, detractor, giber(or jiber), insulter, jeerer, scoffer, scornertrash-talkersmart aleck(also smart alec), smarty(or smartie), smarty-pants, wiseacre, wiseguykidder, lampooner, satiristaccuser, blamer, troublemakerassailant, attacker, molester, victimizerbother, disturber, pest defender, deliverer, guard, protector, rescuer, savior(or saviour)comforter, solace, soother, succorerbodyguard, champion one who is obnoxiously annoyingmy youngest brother is a complete tease, following me around everywhere and aping my every move annoyance, annoyer, bother, gadfly, gnawer, nudnik(also nudnick), nuisance, pain, persecutor, pest, teaser headacheharrier, heckler, interrupter(also interruptor)hassle, plagueharasser, molester, tormentor(also tormenter), torturer pain in the neck charmer, smoothy(or smoothie)comforter, solacer, soother teaseverbto make fun of in a good-natured waylikes to tease her twin brother about his seemingly endless string of girlfriends chaff, jive, joke, josh, kid, rally, razz, rib, ride, roast banterfool, fun, string alongjest, quip, wisecrackgag, jape, jolly, yuk(or yuck, slang) goof on(slang), take the mickey out of(British) to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insultsgrew up being teased because his parents were hog farmers bait, hassle, haze, heckle, needle, ride, taunt deride, gibe(or jibe), jeer, mock, ridiculeannoy, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, fret, frost, gall, get, gnaw (at), grate, gripe, hack (off), hagride, irk, irritate, itch, nag, nark(British), nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put out, rasp, rile, ruffle, spite, trouble, vexaggravate, exasperate, goad, test, tryaggrieve, agitate, bedevil, beleaguer, discomfort, disturb, perturbbadger, dog, houndbrowbeat, bully, hectorharass, harry, persecute, plague, terrorize, torment, torture make game of, pick on v.worry, annoy, harass, harry, plague, pester, tease mean to disturb or irritate by persistent acts.worry implies an incessant goading or attacking that drives one to desperation.pursued a policy of worrying the enemy annoy implies disturbing one's composure or peace of mind by intrusion, interference, or petty attacks.you're doing that just to annoy me harass implies petty persecutions or burdensome demands that exhaust one's nervous or mental power.harassed on all sides by creditors harry may imply heavy oppression or maltreatment.the strikers had been harried by thugs plague implies a painful and persistent affliction.plagued all her life by poverty pester stresses the repetition of petty attacks.constantly pestered with trivial complaints tease suggests an attempt to break down one's resistance or rouse to wrath.children teased the dog before the 12th century |