Chaffing
Chaffing adjective - Marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing.
Usage example: a chaffing tone to Dad's discussion of my sister's new boyfriend
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Synonyms for Chaffing
Deriding and chaffing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Deriding" instead an adjective "Chaffing".
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Related pairs
- taunting and chaffing
- taunting and deriding
- derisive and chaffing
- derisive and deriding
- jesting and chaffing
- jesting and deriding
- joking and chaffing
- joking and deriding
- quizzical and chaffing
- quizzical and deriding
- bantering and chaffing
- bantering and deriding
- fooling and chaffing
- fooling and deriding
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