chafe

chafe is a 5-letter English word with 17 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
2. transitive verb. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
3. transitive verb. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.
4. intransitive verb. To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
5. intransitive verb. To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.
6. intransitive verb. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
7. noun. Heat excited by friction.
8. noun. Injury or wear caused by friction.
9. noun. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
10. noun. anger produced by some annoying irritation

    Synonyms: annoyance, vexation

11. noun. soreness and warmth caused by friction

    "he had a nasty chafe on his knee"

12. verb. warm by rubbing, as with the hands
13. verb. cause friction

    "my sweater scratches"

    Synonyms: fray, fret, rub, scratch

14. verb. tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading

    "This leash chafes the dog's neck"

    Synonyms: excoriate

15. verb. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

    "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"

    "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

    Synonyms: annoy, bother, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex

16. verb. feel extreme irritation or anger

    "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"

17. verb. become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

    Synonyms: fret, gall

Synonyms

annoyance, vexation, fray, fret, rub, scratch, excoriate, annoy, bother, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex, gall

Common word forms

chafed, chafer, chafes, chafing

Words from these letters

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