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View usage for: (tʃeɪf) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense chafes, present participle chafing, past tense, past participle chafed1. verbIf your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it. My shorts were chafing my thighs. [VERB noun] She turned him in the bed so that the sheets wouldn't chafe his skin into sores. [VERB noun] His wrists began to chafe against the cloth strips binding them. [VERB + against] The messenger bent and scratched at his knee where the strapping chafed. [VERB] Synonyms: rub, scratch, scrape, rasp More Synonyms of chafe 2. verb [no passive]If you chafe at something such as a restriction, you feel annoyed about it. [formal] He had chafed at having to take orders from another. [VERB + at] He was chafing under the company's new ownership. [V + under] [Also V + against]Synonyms: be annoyed, rage, fume, be angry More Synonyms of chafe (tʃeɪf) verb1. to make or become sore or worn by rubbing 2. (transitive) to warm (the hands, etc) by rubbing 3. to irritate or be irritated or impatient he was chafed because he was not allowed out 4. (intr; often foll by on, against, etc) to cause friction; rub 5. chafe at the bit noun6. a soreness or irritation caused by friction Word origin C14: from Old French chaufer to warm, ultimately from Latin calefacere, from calēre to be warm + facere to make chafe in American English (tʃeɪf) verb transitiveWord forms: chafed or ˈchafing1. to rub so as to stimulate or make warm 2. to wear away by rubbing 3. to irritate or make sore by rubbing verb intransitive5. to rub (on or against) 6. to be or become vexed, irritated, or impatient noun7. an injury or irritation caused by rubbing 8. Archaic a vexed or annoyed state Word origin ME chaufen < OFr chaufer, to warm < L calefacere, to make warm: see calefacient Examples of 'chafe' in a sentencechafe Definition to make sore or worn by rubbing The shorts were chafing my thighs. Definition to be annoyed or impatient He chafed at having to take orders from someone else. Synonyms be annoyed fume be angry fret be offended be irritated be incensed be impatient be exasperated be inflamed be ruffled be vexed be narked (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang) Additional synonymsThe rough rock had abraded her skin. Synonyms scrape, grind, skin, file, scratch, erode, graze, erase, scour, wear off, rub off, wear down, scuff, wear away, scrape away, scrape out Definition to rub or wear away Synonyms rub, wear, erode, fray, gall, chafe, wear away, abradeDefinition to feel or show intense anger He raged at me for being late. Synonyms be furious, rave, blow up (informal), fume, lose it (informal), fret, seethe, crack up (informal), see red (informal), chafe, lose the plot (informal), go ballistic (slang), rant and rave, foam at the mouth, lose your temper, blow a fuse (slang), fly off the handle (informal), be incandescent, go off the deep end (informal), throw a fit (informal), wig out (slang, old-fashioned), go up the wall (slang), blow your top, lose your rag (slang), be beside yourself, flip your lid (slang) - certitude
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