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Tease

🔄 Synonyms of "Tease"

27 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
codnoun	A type of sea fish or the meat from said fish.
teasingnoun	The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously, especially by ridicule; provoking someone with persistent annoyances; making fun of, making light of someone.
minxnoun	A flirtatious, impudent, or pert young woman.
flirtverb	(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.
badgernoun	Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora and Taxidea.
twitnoun	(informal) An annoying or foolish person.
bugnoun	(entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
rallynoun	A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
coquettenoun	A woman who flirts or plays with people's affections.
rideverb	(ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
harassverb	(specifically) To persistently bother (someone, or a group of people) physically or psychologically when such behaviour is illegal and/or unwanted, especially over an extended period.
pesterverb	(transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
prickteasernoun	(slang, vulgar, chiefly derogatory) A seductive woman, especially one who does not deliver what she promises.
baitnoun	Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
tantalizeverb	(transitive) To tease (someone) by offering or showing them something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied.
beleaguerverb	To vex, harass, or beset.
fluffnoun	Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
cardnoun	A playing card.
vampernoun	One who vamps; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; a cobbler.
teasernoun	(marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.
loosenverb	(transitive) To make loose.
annoyernoun	One who annoys.
tantalizernoun	One who tantalizes; a tease; a tempter.
tease apartverb	(transitive) To carefully separate two interlaced or interlocking items; to figuratively separate two opposing or overlapping concepts.
ragnoun	(especially in the plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Tease"

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Word	Definition
flirtverb	(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.
loosenverb	(transitive) To make loose.
beleaguerverb	To vex, harass, or beset.
ragverb	To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
harassverb	(specifically) To persistently bother (someone, or a group of people) physically or psychologically when such behaviour is illegal and/or unwanted, especially over an extended period.
pesterverb	(transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
annoyernoun	One who annoys.
tauntverb	(transitive) To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
twitverb	(transitive) To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
teasernoun	(marketing) A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.
fluffverb	(transitive) To make something fluffy.
rallyverb	(business, trading, of the market, stocks etc., intransitive) To recover strength after a decline in prices.
tantalizeverb	(transitive) To tease (someone) by offering or showing them something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied.
tantalizernoun	One who tantalizes; a tease; a tempter.
codverb	(transitive, dialectal, slang) To attempt to deceive or confuse; to kid.
coquetteverb	Alternative form of coquet. [To act as a flirt or coquet.]
prickteasernoun	(slang, vulgar, chiefly derogatory) A seductive woman, especially one who does not deliver what she promises.
vamperverb	(UK, Scotland, dialect) To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.
minxverb	(ambitransitive) Used transitively when followed by it: to behave like a minx, that is, in a flirtatious and impudent manner.
rideverb	(ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.