TEASES Synonyms
There are 35 hypernyms of the word teases. (close relations)
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| derides | verbv | |||||
verb • treat or speak of with contempt | ||||||
| jabs | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow) • a quick short straight punch • the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow verb • poke or thrust abruptly • strike or punch with quick and short blows • stab or pierce | ||||||
| jeers | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • showing your contempt by derision verb • laugh at with contempt and derision | ||||||
| mocks | verbv | |||||
noun • the act of mocking or ridiculing adjective satellite • constituting a copy or imitation of something verb • treat with contempt • imitate with mockery and derision | ||||||
| provokes | verbv | |||||
verb • call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) • evoke or provoke to appear or occur • provide the needed stimulus for • annoy continually or chronically | ||||||
| ridicules | verbv | |||||
noun • language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate • the act of deriding or treating with contempt verb • subject to laughter or ridicule | ||||||
| scoffs | verbv | |||||
noun • showing your contempt by derision verb • laugh at with contempt and derision • treat with contemptuous disregard | ||||||
| taunts | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing verb • harass with persistent criticism or carping | ||||||
| cockteaser | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
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| annoyer | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) | ||||||
| badger | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere • a native or resident of Wisconsin verb • annoy persistently • persuade through constant efforts | ||||||
| bait | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • anything that serves as an enticement • something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed verb • harass with persistent criticism or carping • lure, entice, or entrap with bait • attack with dogs or set dogs upon | ||||||
| beleaguer | verbv | |||||
verb • annoy persistently • surround so as to force to give up | ||||||
| bug | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate • a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine • a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly • insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis • a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use verb • annoy persistently • tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | ||||||
| card | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes • a card certifying the identity of the bearer • a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures) • thin cardboard, usually rectangular • a witty amusing person who makes jokes • a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement • a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited • (golf) a record of scores (as in golf) • a list of dishes available at a restaurant • (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat • a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities verb • separate the fibers of • ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor | ||||||
| cod | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) • lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached • major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters adverb • collecting the charges upon delivery adjective satellite • payable by the recipient on delivery verb • fool or hoax • harass with persistent criticism or carping | ||||||
| coquette | nounn | |||||
noun • a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men verb • talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | ||||||
| flirt | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men • playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest verb • talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions • behave carelessly or indifferently | ||||||
| fluff | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • any light downy material • something of little value or significance • a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) verb • make a mess of, destroy or ruin • erect or fluff up • ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect | ||||||
| loosen | verbv | |||||
verb • make loose or looser • make less severe or strict • become less severe or strict • disentangle and raise the fibers of • cause to become loose • make less dense • become loose or looser or less tight | ||||||
