chafe

n. உரசித் தேய்ப்பதால் ஏற்படும் சூடு, சீற்றம், வெவ்வுணர்ச்சி, (வி.) உரசித் தேய், தேய்த்துச் சூடுபண்ணு, தேய்மானம் செய், அரி, கரம்பு, சினமூட்டு, புண்படுத்து, கரகரப்புண்டாக்கு, பரபரப்புக்கொள், சினங்கொள், எரிச்சல் கொள்.

Synonyms

gall rub vex irritate chagrin tease harass disappoint grieve annoy worry calcitrate re_sent resist fret fidget writhe

Antonyms

soothe smooth coax calm humor console submit endure succumb crouch truckle

Chafe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chafed; p pr. & vb. n. Chafing.] Etym: [OE. chaufen to warm, OF. chaufer, F. chauffer, fr. L. calefacere, calfacere, to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make. See Caldron.] 1. To ecxite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin. Spenser. 2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. Her intercession chafed him. Shak. 3. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable. Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to prevent its being chafed. Sir W. Scott. Syn. -- To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame. Chafe, v. i. Defn: To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. Made its great boughs chafe together. Longfellow. The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores. Shak. 2. To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes. 3. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. Spenser. He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter. Shak. Chafe, n. 1. Heat excited by friction. 2. Injury or wear caused by friction. 3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. The cardinal in a chafe sent for him to Whitehall. Camden.

chafe - Similar Words

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