chafe

Meaning

Noun

1. Heat excited by friction.
2. Injury or wear caused by friction.
3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
4. An expression of opinionated conflict.

Verb

1. To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
3. To fret and wear by rubbing.
4. To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
5. To be worn by rubbing.
6. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

Synonyms

rub

fret

file

irritate

mash

scratch

vex

rile

gall

annoy

rub against

rub sore

fray

friction

rubbing

scrape

gravel

nettle

nark

abrade

rag

provoke

vexation

bother

brush

abrasion

scrub

devil

annoyance

get at

get to

grate

tease

aggravate

chafing

exacerbate

exasperate

excoriate

irritation

pique

scour

wear

get impatient

become irritated

jar

🫙

jolly

josh

kid

🧒

lose one’s head

heat

miff

grind

graze

peeve

rub gently

polish

🇵🇱

pound

💷

powder

goad

quarrel

get

rankle

frost

rosin

frazzle

excoriation

rubdown

rope burn

excite

claw

clamp

🗜️

serape

shuffle

smooth

spite

stimulate

strike

burnish

temper

triturate

bug

🐛

bite

saddle sore

whet

attrite

rub warm

put about

banter

intertrigo

frictionating frictionize

become sophisticated

confriction

frictionate

massage

💆

stroke

anger

💢

incense

incite

inflame

irk

heat up

make bright

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃeɪf/

Etymology

From Middle English chaufen (“to warm”), borrowed from Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer), from Latin calefacere, calfacere (“to make warm”), from calere (“to be warm”) + facere (“to make”). See caldron.