My shoes are chafing my feet.
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Chafing
Synonyms for "chafing" (72 found)
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10 translations across 6 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀνάτριψις noun (the rubbing together of objects)
German
2 entries- Aneinanderreiben noun (the rubbing together of objects)
- Reiben noun (the rubbing together of objects)
Latin
1 entries- tritūra noun (the rubbing together of objects)
Māori
1 entries- hikahikanga noun (the rubbing together of objects)
Spanish
4 entries- bife noun (the rubbing together of objects)
- escocedura noun (the rubbing together of objects)
- escocimiento noun (the rubbing together of objects)
- escozor noun (the rubbing together of objects)
Swedish
1 entries- skavning noun (the rubbing together of objects)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
One of the new shoes left me with some serious chafing, in fact I'm going to go buy some band-aids.
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I helped myself to sausages and rashers from the chafing dishes.
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Recipes for chafing dish cookery abound.
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