teasing
/ˈtiz.ɪŋ/ noun B2- The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously, especially by ridicule; provoking someone with persistent annoyances; making fun of, making light of someone. · Teasing can be seen as a kind of workplace abuse.· The gentle teasing between siblings filled the house with laughter.
- The act of removing tangles from one's hair with a comb. · The teasing of her curls took nearly an hour with the fine-tooth comb.
Plural teasings
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He was a tall boy, with curly brown hair, roguish hazel eyes, and a mouth twisted into a teasing smile.
Teasing, teasing man!
Darcy, that I expressed myself uncommonly well just now, when I was teasing Colonel Forster to give us a ball at Meryton?”
Bennet, impossible, when I am not acquainted with him myself; how can you be so teasing?”
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