What is another word for chafe ?

To cause soreness through rubbing or friction

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“He took care with it, making sure to leave no knots of thread that would chafe bruised skin.”

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To wear away or cause damage through applied friction

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“The machine is becoming very popular for dyeing knit goods due to the absence of reels or drives that chafe fabric or tangle strands.”

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raise something's temperature

To excite heat in by friction

raise the temperature of

increase in temperature

pasteurise^UK

pasteurize^US

set on fire

raise the temperature

oxidize^US

oxidise^UK

cauterize^US

cauterise^UK

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“A shiver passed through Darius, and he began to chafe his arms to push some warmth back into them.”

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make somebody's hackles rise

To annoy or aggravate someone

give someone the hump

antagonize^US

antagonise^UK

ruffle one's feathers

drive round the twist

get up someone's nose

put someone's nose out of joint

set one's teeth on edge

cheese off

rattle someone's cage

get your hackles up

try the patience of

rub you up the wrong way

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's flesh

be a thorn in someone's side

make things hot for someone

wear out

get someone's wick

mess

get on the wrong side of

make an enemy of somebody

push button

heat up

work on

make it hot for someone

be on one's case

drive you up the wall

push someon's buttons

exhaust someone's patience

put someone off their stroke

eat away at one's mind

cause someone to lose their composure

hurt somebody's feelings

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

breathe down someone's neck

carp at

get on someone's case

dismay

disaffect

scandalize^US

scandalise^UK

appal^UK

appall^US

make somebody's blood boil

demoralize^US

rattle someone's chain

hit a sour note

demoralise^UK

be like a red rag to a bull

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

drive you out of your mind

drive you to distraction

drive you round the twist

make livid

drive you round the bend

criticise^UK

criticize^US

push someone's buttons

tread on someone's toes

give the cold shoulder

traumatize^US

paralyse^UK

traumatise^UK

paralyze^US

take the wind out of your sails

make someone's blood run cold

raise someone's eyebrows

set someone back on their heels

take aback

gross out

knock for six

shake out of your complacency

hit like ton of bricks

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“His leadership would chafe her in any one of a thousand different ways.”

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have steam coming out of one's ears

To become annoyed, angry or impatient

smoulder^UK

smolder^US

be boiling over

froth at the mouth

be hot under the collar

get hot under the collar

work oneself into sweat

shoot off one's mouth

shoot one's mouth off

have a conniption fit

get one's knickers in a twist

give vent to one's feelings

have one's hackles up

feel one's hackles rise

clamour^UK

clamor^US

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“They chafe at labeling as pathological qualities that may be merely irritating.”

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To show, feel, or cause to feel, concern or worry

make someone scratch their head

prey on your mind

be like a cat on hot bricks

be on pins and needles

have ants in one's pants

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

weigh heavily on one's mind

mess with someone's head

appal^UK

appall^US

put someone off their stroke

set someone back on their heels

pull the rug from under

pull the rug out from under

lie heavy on someone's mind

give a bad time

weigh heavy on someone's mind

hurt somebody's feelings

labor^US

labour^UK

criticize^US

pressurize^US

traumatize^US

criticise^UK

traumatise^UK

pressurise^UK

press the panic button

demoralize^US

cause to feel emotional strain

make tense

tense up

put in traction

cause to feel mental strain

terrorize^US

paralyse^UK

paralyze^US

demoralise^UK

terrorise^UK

fill with consternation

throw into a tizzy

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To be anxious or concerned about something in particular

be in a state of agitation

be on pins and needles

be in a state of anxiety

be in a state of nervousness

labor^US

labour^UK

have butterflies in one's stomach

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To feel physical pain, usually a sharp or stinging sensation

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would give one's eyeteeth for

To have a strong desire for

eat one's heart out over

be consumed with desire for

hope

be consumed with desire

be consumed with the desire

be unable to wait for

regret the absence of

wait for

thirstily await

be counting down the days to

anticipate with pleasure

be eager to

await with anticipation

anticipate with gusto

ardently anticipate

be enthusiastic about

expectantly anticipate

have your eye on

impatiently anticipate

await with enthusiasm

cream for

breathlessly anticipate

be interested in

enthusiastically await

enthusiastically anticipate

vigorously anticipate

eagerly await

spiritedly anticipate

anticipate with enthusiasm

be eating one's heart out

be consumed with a desire

energetically anticipate

zealously await

be excited at

set your sights on

would give one's eye teeth

choose

count the hours until

anticipate with anticipation

have one's heart set on

find sexually attractive

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go about like a half-shut knife

To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried

be down in the mouth

wear a long face

feel sorry for yourself

feel despondent about

romanticize^US

fantasize^US

rhapsodize^US

gush

rhapsodise^UK

romanticise^UK

fantasise^UK

be in a reverie

be in a brown study

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