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chafe
Synonyms and Antonyms of chafe
- Constant stepping on a rope will gradually chafe it, rendering it unsafe for rock climbing.
- Nothing chafes us so much as those telemarketers who call during the dinner hour.
inflame (also enflame), provoke, rouse
badger, bait, bullyrag (also ballyrag), devil, hagride, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease
anger, antagonize, enrage, incense, infuriate, madden, rankle, roil
agitate, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, exercise, freak (out), fret, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry
get one's goat, get on one's nerves, get to, rub the wrong way, set one's teeth on edge, stick in one's craw, wear on
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