Tease

//tiːz//

Synonyms for "tease" (283 found)

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Noun(2 words)
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Translations

188 translations across 41 languages.

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Assamese

1 entries
  • জোঁকা verb (to poke fun at)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • дразня verb (to provoke or disturb)
  • закачам се verb (to poke fun at)
  • кардирам verb (to comb)
  • разнищвам verb (to separate the fibers)

Catalan

2 entries
  • mofar verb (to poke fun at)
  • pentinar verb (to comb)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎦᏪᏟᎭ verb (to poke fun at)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 創景 /创景 verb (to poke fun at)
  • 創治 /创治 verb (to poke fun at)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 勾引 verb (to entice)
  • 戲弄 /戏弄 verb (to poke fun at)
  • 挑逗 verb (to provoke or disturb)
  • 逗弄 verb (to poke fun at)

Czech

1 entries
  • škádlit verb (to poke fun at)

Danish

2 entries
  • drillepind noun (one who teases)
  • drille verb (to poke fun at)

Dutch

2 entries
  • plagen verb (to poke fun at)
  • zinspelen op verb (to show as forthcoming)

Early Assamese

1 entries
  • জঙ্কা verb (to poke fun at)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • inciteti verb (to provoke or disturb)
  • moketi verb (to poke fun at)

Finnish

4 entries
  • avata verb (to separate the fibers)
  • houkutella verb (to entice)
  • härnätä verb (to poke fun at)
  • härnätä verb (to provoke or disturb)

French

3 entries
  • carder verb (to separate the fibers)
  • carder verb (to comb)
  • taquiner verb (to poke fun at)

German

4 entries
  • Scherzbold noun (one who teases)
  • auf den Arm nehmen verb (to poke fun at)
  • aufziehen verb (to poke fun at)
  • aufziehen verb (to provoke or disturb)

Greek

4 entries
  • ξεμπλέκω verb (to separate the fibers)
  • ξεφτίζω verb (to separate the fibers)
  • πειράζω verb (to poke fun at)
  • σκανδαλίζω verb (to entice)

Hindi

3 entries
  • छेड़ना verb (to poke fun at)
  • मजे लेना verb (to poke fun at)
  • शरारत verb (to poke fun at)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • bosszant verb (to provoke or disturb)
  • ingerel verb (to provoke or disturb)
  • ugrat verb (to poke fun at)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • stríða verb (to poke fun at)

Ingrian

3 entries
  • kiusata verb (to poke fun at)
  • narria verb (to poke fun at)
  • ärvärtää verb (to poke fun at)

Irish

4 entries
  • ciapaire noun (one who teases)
  • clipire noun (one who teases)
  • cráiteoir noun (one who teases)
  • griogaire noun (one who teases)

Italian

4 entries
  • burlare verb (to poke fun at)
  • burlarsi di verb (to poke fun at)
  • cardare verb (to separate the fibers)
  • pettinare verb (to comb)

Japanese

3 entries
  • からかう verb (to poke fun at)
  • ちょっかいを出す verb (to provoke or disturb)
  • 誘う verb (to entice)

Korean

1 entries
  • 놀리다 verb (to poke fun at)

Latin

1 entries
  • vexō verb (to poke fun at)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • за́дева verb (to poke fun at)
  • за́дева verb (to provoke or disturb)
  • за́кача verb (to poke fun at)
  • за́кача verb (to provoke or disturb)

Middle English

2 entries
  • tesen verb (to comb)
  • tosen verb (to comb)

Māori

2 entries
  • hangatītī verb (to poke fun at)
  • pāengaenga verb (to poke fun at)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • erte verb (to poke fun at)

Polish

2 entries
  • dokuczać verb (to poke fun at)
  • drażnić verb (to poke fun at)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • aborrecer verb (to provoke or disturb)
  • cardar verb (to separate the fibers)
  • caçoar verb (to poke fun at)
  • implicar verb (to provoke or disturb)

Rapa Nui

1 entries
  • geu verb (to poke fun at)

Russian

4 entries
  • дразни́ть verb (to poke fun at)
  • зама́нивать verb (to entice)
  • мани́ть verb (to entice)
  • надоеда́ть verb (to provoke or disturb)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • tarraing à verb (to poke fun at)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • izazívati verb (to poke fun at)
  • provocírati verb (to poke fun at)
  • zadirkívati verb (to poke fun at)
  • задирки́вати verb (to poke fun at)

Spanish

4 entries
  • camelador noun (one who teases)
  • camelo noun (a single act of teasing)
  • encandilamiento noun (a single act of teasing)
  • acodiciar verb (to entice)

Swedish

4 entries
  • retsticka noun (one who teases)
  • kamma verb (to separate the fibers)
  • kamma verb (to comb)
  • karda verb (to separate the fibers)

Tamil

3 entries
  • கலாய் verb (to provoke or disturb)
  • சீண்டு verb (to poke fun at)
  • சீண்டு verb (to provoke or disturb)

Thai

4 entries
  • ยั่ว verb (to provoke or disturb)
  • ล้อ verb (to poke fun at)
  • อ่อย verb (to entice)
  • แซ็ว verb (to poke fun at)

Ugandan Sign Language

2 entries
  • luganda verb (to provoke or disturb)
  • okunyiza verb (to provoke or disturb)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • chọc verb (to poke fun at)
  • chọc ghẹo verb (to poke fun at)
  • ghẹo verb (to poke fun at)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • חוזק מאַכן verb (to poke fun at)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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She's a tease.

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Don't tease me.

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You're a tease.

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Don't tease Tom.

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