tease

tease is a 5-letter English word with 17 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To comb or card, as wool or flax. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 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 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To comb or card, as wool or flax.
2. transitive verb. To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.
3. transitive verb. To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.
4. transitive verb. To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague.
5. noun. One who teases or plagues.
6. noun. the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances

   "he ignored their teases"

   "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"

   Synonyms: ribbing, tantalization, teasing

7. noun. a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

   Synonyms: coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, vamp, vamper

8. noun. someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

   Synonyms: annoyer, teaser, vexer

9. verb. ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

   Synonyms: fluff

10. verb. harass with persistent criticism or carping

    "The children teased the new teacher"

    "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"

    Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, twit

11. verb. mock or make fun of playfully

    "the flirting man teased the young woman"

12. verb. separate the fibers of

    "tease wool"

    Synonyms: card

13. verb. disentangle and raise the fibers of

    "tease wool"

    Synonyms: loosen

14. verb. raise the nap of (fabrics)
15. verb. tear into pieces

    "tease tissue for microscopic examinations"

16. verb. annoy persistently

    "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

    Synonyms: badger, beleaguer, bug, pester

17. verb. to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them

    "The advertisement is intended to tease the customers"

    "She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior"

Synonyms

ribbing, tantalization, teasing, coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, vamp, vamper, annoyer, teaser, vexer, fluff, bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, twit, card

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tease:

setae

Common word forms

teased, teaser, teases, teasing, teaseable, teasement

Words from these letters

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