Synonyms for teasing

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1. tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalization(noun)

   the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances

   "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"

   Synonyms:
   teaser, minx, vamper, tease, vamp, comb-out, tantalization, prickteaser, flirt, vexer, coquette, ribbing, annoyer

   Antonyms:
   unseductive, serious, agreeable, unplayful, sober

2. teasing(noun)

   playful vexation

   "the parody was just a form of teasing"

   Synonyms:
   tantalization, comb-out, ribbing, tease

   Antonyms:
   unseductive, sober, agreeable, unplayful, serious

3. comb-out, teasing(adj)

   the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb

   Synonyms:
   tantalization, comb-out, ribbing, tease

   Antonyms:
   unseductive, agreeable, serious, unplayful, sober

4. mocking, teasing, quizzical(adj)

   playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)

   "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell

   Synonyms:
   nettlesome, derisive, annoying, plaguy, vexing, gibelike, galling, taunting, bothersome, jeering, plaguey, questioning, pestiferous, vexatious, pesky, quizzical, mocking, pestering, irritating

   Antonyms:
   serious, unplayful, agreeable, unseductive, sober

5. teasing(adj)

   arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it

   "her lazy teasing smile"

   Synonyms:
   pesky, irritating, pestering, nettlesome, bothersome, plaguey, quizzical, galling, annoying, plaguy, mocking, vexing, pestiferous, vexatious

   Antonyms:
   agreeable, unseductive, serious, unplayful, sober

6. annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing(adj)

   causing irritation or annoyance

   "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

   Synonyms:
   irritating, exasperating, corruptive, pestilential, petulant, bothersome, mocking, galling, pestilent, cranky, perversive, pesky, scratchy, pestiferous, pettish, nettlesome, dirty, vexing, painful, irritable, plaguey, quizzical, peevish, irritative, plaguy, maddening, infuriating, annoying, tetchy, testy, fractious, techy, vexatious, pestering, peckish

   Antonyms:
   agreeable, unplayful, serious, unseductive, sober

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1. List of paraphrases:

   hassling, bothering, out-girling

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