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The synonyms of “Chafe” are: fret, gall, fray, rub, scratch, annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex, excoriate, abrade, graze, grate, rub against, rub painfully, skin, scrape, rasp, warm, warm up, be impatient, be angry, be annoyed, be irritated, be incensed, be exasperated, be frustrated, annoyance, vexation, inflammation, swelling, lesion
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “chafe” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| annoyance | A thing that annoys someone; a nuisance. He turned his charm on Tara much to Hegarty s annoyance. |
| inflammation | Arousal to violent emotion. He tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation. |
| lesion | Any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part. |
| swelling | Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. The lobes are prominent swellings on the base of the brain. |
| vexation | A cause of annoyance, frustration, or worry. The vexations of life under canvas. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “chafe” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| abrade | Scrape or wear away by friction or erosion. It was a landscape slowly abraded by a fine stinging dust. |
| annoy | Cause annoyance in disturb especially by minor irritations. The decision really annoyed him. |
| be angry | Spend or use time. |
| be annoyed | Have an existence, be extant. |
| be exasperated | Be identical to; be someone or something. |
| be frustrated | Have an existence, be extant. |
| be impatient | To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted — used only in infinitive form. |
| be incensed | Be identical to; be someone or something. |
| be irritated | Occupy a certain position or area. |
| bother | Take the trouble to do something; concern oneself. Don t bother please. |
| devil | Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. Devilled eggs. |
| excoriate | Criticize (someone) severely. The discharge is acrid and excoriates the skin of the nose. |
| fray | (of a fabric, rope, or cord) unravel or become worn at the edge, typically through constant rubbing. Bucks mark their territory by fraying small trees. |
| fret | Provide a musical instrument with frets. The bay s black waves fret the seafront. |
| gall | Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing. It galls me that we lost the suit. |
| get at | Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action. |
| get to | Acquire as a result of some effort or action. |
| grate | Reduce food to small shreds by rubbing it on a grater. Grate carrots and onions. |
| gravel | Cover with gravel. Steps lead down from the terrace to a gravelled path. |
| graze | Casually sample something. Cattle graze on the open meadows. |
| irritate | Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. Sprays and polishes can irritate dry sensitive skin. |
| nark | Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. Women like her nark me. |
| nettle | Sting with nettles. I was only asking Jess said nettled. |
| rag | Apply paint to a surface with a rag. The deputy ragged the Prime Minister. |
| rasp | Scrape or file something with a rasp. My breath rasped in my throat. |
| rile | Make (water) turbulent or muddy. He has been riled by suggestions that his Arsenal future is in doubt. |
| rub | Make dry clean or smooth by rubbing. He rubbed a finger round the rim of his mug. |
| rub against | Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching. |
| rub painfully | Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching. |
| scrape | Gather (money or other resources) together over time. He found a ditch scraped a hole and put the bag in it. |
| scratch | Play a record using the scratch technique. I scratched myself on the tree. |
| skin | Remove the skin from an animal or a fruit or vegetable. He scrambled down from the tree with such haste that he skinned his knees. |
| vex | Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress. Vex the subject of the death penalty. |
| warm | Get warm or warmer. The blanket will warm you. |
| warm up | Get warm or warmer. |
| abrade | Scrape or wear away by friction or erosion. It was a landscape slowly abraded by a fine stinging dust. |
| abrasion | The process of scraping or wearing something away. There were cuts and abrasions to the lips and jaw. |
| attrition | The process of reducing something’s strength or effectiveness through sustained attack or pressure. The skull shows attrition of the edges of the teeth. |
| awl | A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes. |
| bingo | A game in which players mark off numbers on cards as the numbers are drawn randomly by a caller, the winner being the first person to mark off all their numbers. A bingo hall. |
| bruise | Inflict a bruise or bruises on a part of the body. This remark really bruised my ego. |
| contusion | An injury that doesn’t break the skin but results in some discoloration. Vigorously shaking the head back and forth can produce contusions to the soft structure of the brain. |
| excise | Charge excise on goods. The rate of excise duty on spirits. |
| excoriate | Damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin. The discharge is acrid and excoriates the skin of the nose. |
| expunge | Obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant. The kind of man that could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory. |
| fray | Cause friction. As the temperature rose tempers frayed. |
| hurt | Hurt the feelings of. I felt so hurt and alone. |
| injury | Wrongdoing that violates another’s rights and is unjustly inflicted. She suffered an injury to her back. |
| irritation | (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation. Some chemicals cause a direct irritation to the skin leading to dermatitis. |
| itch | Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching. He has a bad case of the itch. |
| itching | An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch. |
| lottery | A means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random. The election was just a lottery to them. |
| nail | Attach something somewhere by means of nails. A pair of nail clippers. |
| pain | Cause mental or physical pain to. The pain of loneliness. |
| roughen | Make or become rough. His voice roughened. |
| rub | Reproduce the design of a sepulchral brass or a stone by rubbing paper laid on it with coloured wax pencil or chalk etc. A muscle rub. |
| scar | Mark with a scar or scars. This fossil bark is typified by its lozenge shaped leaf scars. |
| scrape | A place where soil has been scraped away especially a shallow hollow formed in the ground by a bird during a courtship display or for nesting. The scrape of violin bows distracted her. |
| scratch | A technique used especially in rap music of stopping a record by hand and moving it back and forwards to give a rhythmic scratching effect. Banks seem prepared to scratch stabilization charges. |
| scratching | The action of playing a record using the scratch technique. A screen protector prevents any scratching of the display. |
| scrub | An act of scrubbing something or someone. He had to scrub the floor. |
| skin | Of a wound form new skin. We had a few beers and then we skinned up. |
| slit | Cut a slit into. A wide recording head magnetizes the tape before it is slit to domestic size. |
| tattoo | A design on the skin made by tattooing. She tapped her fingers in a nervous tattoo. |
| wound | The act of inflicting a wound. He feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound. |
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