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v. To wear away or irritate by rubbing.

v. To annoy; vex.

v. To warm by rubbing, as with the hands.

verb-intransitive. To rub and cause irritation or friction: The high collar chafed against my neck.

verb-intransitive. To become worn or sore from rubbing.

verb-intransitive. To feel irritated or impatient: chafed at the delay.

n. Warmth, wear, or soreness produced by friction.

n. Annoyance; vexation.

n. Heat excited by friction.

n. Injury or wear caused by friction.

n. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

v. To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

v. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

v. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.

v. To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

v. To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.

v. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

v. To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

v. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

v. To fret and wear by rubbing.

verb-intransitive. To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

verb-intransitive. To be worn by rubbing.

verb-intransitive. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

n. Heat excited by friction.

n. Injury or wear caused by friction.

n. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

To heat; make warm.

To excite heat in or make warm by friction; stimulate to warmth by rubbing, as with the hands: as, to chafe the limbs.

To fret and wear by friction; abrade; especially, abrade (the skin) by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; gall: as, the coarse garments chafed his skin.

To irritate; annoy; vex; gall; make angry.

To stimulate, as by pungent odors; perfume. [Rare.]

To animate; revive; inspirit; encourage.

Synonyms 3. To rub, wear.

To gall, vex, irritate, heat, ruffle, exasperate.

To be or become heated.

To be fretted and worn by rubbing: as, the cable chafed against a rock.

To be irritated or annoyed; fret; fume.

To be in violent agitation; rage or boil; dash, as in anger; fret.

n. Heat excited by friction.

n. An irritated mental condition arising from continued provocation or annoyance; heated impatience or anger, especially under restraint or a sense of injury; a fretful tendency or state; vexation.

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

n. anger produced by some annoying irritation

v. cause friction

v. warm by rubbing, as with the hands

v. become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

v. tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading

v. feel extreme irritation or anger

n. soreness and warmth caused by friction

"A recent entry describes relentless attacks from what he calls the "chafe monster.""

chafed    chafes    chafing   

touch    adjoin    meet    contact    warm    irritate    rub down    rub off    corrade    abrade   

vex    gall    inflame    fret    rub    excite    irritate    vexation    rage   

Rafe    safe    strafe    unsafe    waif