Chafing and Pricking

Chafing

Chafing adjective - Causing annoyance.

Pricking and chafing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pricking" instead an adjective "Chafing".

Nearby Words: chafe, chafed, chafer

Pricking

Pricking noun - The act of puncturing with a small point.
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Synonyms for Pricking

Chafing and pricking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chafing" instead an adjective "Pricking".

Nearby Words: prick, prickly, prickle, pricked, pricker
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