tease

Significado (Inglês)

Verb

1. (transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
2. (transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
3. (transitive) To backcomb.
4. (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.
5. (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
6. (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
7. (transitive) To entice, tempt.
8. (transitive) To deliberately arouse someone sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
9. (informal, transitive) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.

Noun

1. One who teases.
2. A single act of teasing.
3. One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.

Conceitos

provocar

importunar

irritar

aborrecer

contrariar

incomodar

caçoar

incitar

tirar sarro

interesseira

investigar

buscar

🔍

partir

procurar

provocação

brincar

reavivar

rir

😆

seduzir

tentar

zombar

aguaçar

arrelíe

pentear

provocador

vamp

implicar com

caçoar de

concitar

cardar

Sinônimos

annoy

mock

make fun of

taunt

vex

ridicule

banter

kid

🧒

joke

🤣

trouble

torment

irritate

provoke

pester

deride

harass

tantalize

play

bully

worry

jest

flirt

😘

molest

teaser

chaff

card

razz

tempt

disturb

trick

rag

bait

insult

rally

injure

rib

goad

bother

persecute

jolly

stir up

jeer

ribbing

ride

bug

🐛

jive

plague

poke fun at

fluff

pinch

Traduções

taquiner

canzonare

necken

plagen

irritare

embromar

🤣

provoquer

punzecchiare

ärgern

reizen

molestar

hänseln

toupieren

πειράζω

quälen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/tiːz/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: tesen

Herdado de inglês arcaico: tǣsan

In summary

From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).