He chafed under the groundless criticism.
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Chafed
Synonyms for "chafed" (31 found)
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Sample sentences
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The horse chafed at the bit put in its mouth.
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The collar chafed her neck.
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She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecedented "place" that Broadway had begotten upon a Long Island fishing village—appalled by its raw vigor that chafed under the old euphemisms and by the too obtrusive fate that herded its inhabitants along a short-cut from nothing to nothing.
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