Chafing

Synonyms for "chafing" (84 found)

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Closest matches (17)

ablation annoying anxiety anxious attrition bothersome breathless burning cauterant chafe disquieting distressing disturbing dressing

Noun(3 words)

abrade abrasion abrasive

Strong matches (25)

eager eagerness edgy erasure erosion excited excitement filing fretful fretfulness fretting galling gnawing grazing grinding harassing haste hasty heating

Noun(6 words)

erosive frictionfriction burnfrictional grate grating

Related words (42)

hopped upimpatient impetuousin a stewinflamed irksome latheron edgeplaguing rasping restive restless restlessness sanding scouring scrape scratch scratchy scrub scuff

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squirmy stew stinging sweat tormenting troublesome uneasiness uneasy unquiet upsetting warming wear worrisome worrying

Noun(8 words)

irritate irritating irritation resistance soreness strife tension wearing

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5 relation types

More general

11 entries

irritateirritation propertymedical symptompolitical processrawness rubskin conditionsocial phenomenonsoreness tendernesswear phenomena

More specific

12 entries

abradeabrasive wearcontact wearfriction burnfriction dermatitisgarment chafingprosthetic chafingprotest rebellionskin chafingsurface wearunrest

Collocations

12 entries

chafing againstchafing atchafing dishchafing protectionchafing riskchafing underfriction burnfriction chafingfriction dermatitisskin chafingskin irritationunderarm chafing

Inflections

5 entries

chafed chafes chafingsmore chafingmost chafing

Derivations

3 entries

chafe chafed chafes

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

My shoes are chafing my feet.

Source: tatoeba (4380754)

One of the new shoes left me with some serious chafing, in fact I'm going to go buy some band-aids.

Source: tatoeba (9179752)

I helped myself to sausages and rashers from the chafing dishes.

Source: tatoeba (10326983)

Recipes for chafing dish cookery abound.

Source: tatoeba (10649805)

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