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
Hassling and chaffing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hassling" instead an adjective "Chaffing".
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Related pairs
- taunting and chaffing
- taunting and hassling
- derisive and chaffing
- derisive and hassling
- jesting and chaffing
- jesting and hassling
- joking and chaffing
- joking and hassling
- quizzical and chaffing
- quizzical and hassling
- bantering and chaffing
- bantering and hassling
- fooling and chaffing
- fooling and hassling
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Hassling and Chaffing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chaffing/hassling
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Hassling or Chaffing. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/chaffing/hassling.
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