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teasing

English

  1. 🔊 arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it
    “her lazy teasing smile”
  2. 🔊 playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)
    “his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air”
  3. 🔊 causing irritation or annoyance
    “tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork”
  4. 🔊 playful vexation
    “the parody was just a form of teasing”
  5. 🔊 the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
  6. 🔊 the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule)
    “he ignored their teases”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 burlador teasing
  2. 🔊 carena teasing
  3. 🔊 descansero teasing
  4. 🔊 burlesco teasing, mocking

Similar words

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