Chafe

/t͡ʃeɪf/

Synonyms for "chafe" (307 found)

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Closest matches (62)

ablate ablation abrade abrase abrasion abrasive afflict aggravate agonize ail anger annoy arouse attrition barkbe lividbe pissedbite blemish bloody

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bluster boil bother break bristlebrowned offbruise buffing bug burnburn toburnishingcarry onchafing check chip claw concussion convulse cook corrode crack crackle craze crucify cut damage detrition displease distress dressing electric-heat embitter embitterment

Noun(4 words)

abrade abrasion annoyance chaps

Verb(4 words)

abrading annoy bother devil

Strong matches (92)

erase erasure erode erosion exacerbate exacerbation exasperate excoriate excruciate exercise fester fidget file filing firefire upflareflash burnflay foment

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fracture fray frazzle fretfret and fumefretting fume fuss gall galling gas-heat gashget excitedgive paingnawgnaw awaygo ongrategrate ongravel graze grazing grind grinding gripe grithardly waitharrow hastenhave a conniptionheatheat uphothot uphot-air-heathot-water-heathuff hurt impair incense incise incision inflameinflict paininfuriate injure injury irk irritant irritate irritationitch tojump the gunkill by inches

Noun(9 words)

erode fray fraying fret friction gall irritant irritate irritation

Verb(9 words)

excoriate fray fret gall galledget atget togravel irritate

Related words (153)

lacerate laceration lesion limation maimmake mincemeat ofmake soremartyr martyrize maul miff molestmortal woundmull mutilate mutilation nail nettle nip outrage

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overheat pain peel peeve pester pierce pinch piquepissed offplague polishing preheat prickprolong the agonyprovocation provoke punctureput to torturerack rageraise cainraise hellraise the devilraise the roofrankle rantrant and raverasp rasping rave raze recook reheat rend rent rile rip roil rubrub awayrub offrub outrub the wrong wayrubbing awayruffle run rupture sandblasting sanding savage scald scorch scotch scour scouring scrape scraping scratch scratching scrub scrubbing scuffsecond-degree burnseetheset on edgeset upshining simmer sizzle skin slash slit smoke smolder smoothing sore soreness sprain squirm stabstab woundsteam stew stick stingstir the bloodstir upstokestoke upstorm strain superheat sweatsweat and stewsweat it outtake ontear tepefythird-degree burnthrow a fittorment torture trauma traumatize tweak twist vexwait impatientlywarmwarm overwarm upwearwear awaywearing awaywork upworry woundwounds immedicablewrench wring

Verb(8 words)

nark nettle rag rankling rile rub scratch vex

Noun(4 words)

nuisance resent rubbing vexation

Adjective(1 words)

windburned

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

25 entries

abrade abrase adjoin anger annoyance choler contact corrade displease experience feel friction injury ire irritate meet

Showing 16 of 25 words.

More specific

10 entries

abrasionabrasion sitebureaucracychafed areadelayfriction rashnoncompliance rashred taperesentment

Collocations

12 entries

abrasion sitechaf markschafe areachafe at restrictionschafed areachafed neckchafed skinchafing lotionfriction chafegarment chafingrubbing injuryskin chafe

Inflections

3 entries

chafed chafes chafing

Derivations

2 entries

chafed chafing

similar

12 entries

annoy bother devilget atget togravel irritate nark nettle rag rile vex

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

That must really chafe.

Source: tatoeba (8985312)

The shoes will chafe if you don't wear socks.

Source: tatoeba (8985313)

Like a wylde Bull, that, being at a bay, / Is bayted of a mastiffe and a hound / […] That in his chauffe he digs the trampled ground / And threats his horns […]

Source: wiktionary

When we returned we found the poor prisoner in a terrible chafe with the sentinel for detaining him, for the guard had been true to his trust.

Source: wiktionary

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