Synonyms of chafing

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chafing 1 of 2

adjective

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as in irritating

causing annoyance

learned to ignore those chafing comments that his mother-in-law was constantly making

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritating
• annoying
• frustrating
• aggravating
• irksome
• disturbing
• rankling
• nettling
• vexing
• painful
• galling
• carking
• bothersome
• maddening
• exasperating
• pesky
• plaguey
• riling
• abrasive
• vexatious
• nettlesome
• pestilential
• peeving
• rebarbative
• plaguy
• pestiferous
• pesty
• discomforting
• biting
• pestilent
• troubling
• troublesome
• infuriating
• distractive
• distressing
• inconveniencing
• disquieting
• displeasing
• angering
• importunate
• burdensome
• enraging
• stressful
• tiresome
• mischievous
• upsetting
• importune
• jarring
• trying
• jangling
• bratty
• worrisome
• grating
• offensive
• thorny
• brattish
• spiny

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delightful
• pleasing

• delightful
• pleasing

chafing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of chafe

1

as in scratching

to make sore by continued rubbing

ill-fitting boots that had badly chafed my heels

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritating
• scratching
• galling
• fretting
• abrading
• scraping
• burning
• excoriating
• peeling
• inflaming
• grazing
• enflaming
• flaying
• skinning

2

as in fraying

to damage or diminish by continued friction

constant stepping on a rope will gradually chafe it, rendering it unsafe for rock climbing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fraying
• wearing
• eroding
• rubbing
• galling
• shaving
• reducing
• abrading
• fretting
• gnawing
• biting
• scraping
• eating
• rasping
• corrading
• scuffing
• filing
• sandpapering
• sharpening
• grazing
• corroding
• frazzling
• chewing
• erasing
• nibbling
• grating
• scouring
• sandblasting
• disintegrating
• grinding
• wearing out
• decomposing
• dissolving
• rubbing out
• honing
• whetting
• wiping (away)
• breaking down
• breaking up

3

as in annoying

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

nothing chafes us so much as those telemarketers who call during the dinner hour

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritating
• annoying
• bothering
• bugging
• aggravating
• persecuting
• itching
• getting
• griping
• eating
• galling
• irking
• nettling
• vexing
• exasperating
• grating
• worrying
• teasing
• infuriating
• ruffling
• riling
• angering
• peeving
• plaguing
• rasping
• nagging
• narking
• provoking
• frosting
• getting to
• spiting
• insulting
• wearing on
• putting out
• piquing
• offending
• inflaming
• heckling
• harassing
• burning (up)
• hassling
• sticking in one's craw
• rubbing the wrong way
• getting on one's nerves
• discomforting
• upsetting
• hacking (off)
• enraging
• rankling
• fretting
• agitating
• rousing
• distressing
• getting one's goat
• harrying
• badgering
• setting one's teeth on edge
• maddening
• unsettling
• exercising
• enflaming
• incensing
• pestering
• roiling
• undoing
• antagonizing
• disquieting
• baiting
• affronting
• outraging
• bullyragging
• perturbing
• unhinging
• miffing
• ballyragging
• deviling
• devilling
• discomposing
• hagriding
• freaking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appeasing
• placating
• pacifying
• gratifying
• satisfying
• conciliating
• obliging
• mollifying
• delighting
• pleasing
• assuring
• comforting
• reassuring
• cheering
• propitiating
• soothing
• consoling
• quieting
• contenting
• solacing
• gladdening

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• appeasing
• placating
• pacifying
• gratifying
• satisfying
• conciliating
• obliging
• mollifying
• delighting
• pleasing
• assuring
• comforting
• reassuring
• cheering
• propitiating
• soothing
• consoling
• quieting
• contenting
• solacing
• gladdening

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