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Main Entry:	tease
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	aggravate, provoke
Synonyms:	annoy, badger, bait, banter, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, chaff, devil, disturb, dog, gibe, gnaw, goad, harass, harry, hector, importune, josh, mock, needle, nudge, pester, pick on, plague, put down, rag, rally, razz, rib, ride, ridicule, roast, slam, snap, sound, spoof, tantalize, taunt, torment, vex, worry, be at, give a hard time, jive, lead on, send up, swipe at

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Main Entry:	annoy
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	irritate, upset
Synonyms:	abrade, agitate, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on, exasperate, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, henpeck, irk, madden, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, trouble, turn off, vex, worry, T-off, ask for it, be at, be on the back of, burn up, fire up, heat up, hit where one lives, make waves, tick off*, work on
Antonyms:	aid, gratify, please, soothe, make happy

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Main Entry:	badger
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	nag, bother
Synonyms:	annoy, bait, bug, bully, eat*, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, importune, needle, nudge, pester, plague, ride, tease, torment, give the business, insist on, work on

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Main Entry:	beleaguer
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	harass, besiege
Synonyms:	annoy, badger, bedevil, beset, blockade, bother, gnaw, harry, nag, persecute, pester, plague, storm, tease, vex, worry, put upon, set upon, siege

Main Entry:	bully
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	domineering person
Synonyms:	hector, insolent, oppressor, pest, rascal, rowdy, ruffian, tease, tough, annoyer, antagonizer, browbeater, bulldozer, coercer, harrier, intimidator, persecutor, tormenter

Main Entry:	chaff
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	joke, ridicule
Synonyms:	banter, deride, fun, jeer, jolly, josh, kid, mock, rag, rally, razz, rib*, scoff, taunt, tease
Notes:	to chafe means to rub until sore or worn; to chaff means to tease good-naturedly

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Main Entry:	coax
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	persuade
Synonyms:	allure, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney, butter up*, cajole, come on, con, decoy, entice, flatter, get, hook, importune, induce, influence, inveigle, lure, pester, plague, press, soothe, tease, tempt, urge, wangle, wheedle, argue into, arm-twist, jawbone, prevail upon, rope in, soft-soap, sweet-talk, talk into, work on, worm
Antonyms:	allow, not care

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Main Entry:	coiffure
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	hairstyle
Synonyms:	afro, crew cut, flip, hair, haircut, hairdo, permanent, plait, tail, tease, trim, wave, DA, beehive, blow dry, braids, corn rows, dreadlocks, dreads, fuzz cut, hair-comb, pigtails, ponytail, razor cut

Main Entry:	disappoint
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	sadden, dismay; frustrate
Synonyms:	abort, baffle, balk, bungle, chagrin, circumvent, dash, deceive, delude, disconcert, dishearten, disillusion, dissatisfy, dumbfound, embitter, fail, foil, founder, hamper, hinder, leave in the lurch, let down, mislead, put out, tease, thwart, torment, vex, bring to naught, cast down, come to nothing, dash hopes, disenchant, disgruntle, fall down on, fall flat, fall short of, miscarry, not show, ruin prospects, stand up
Antonyms:	delight, excite, please, satisfy, make happy

Main Entry:	embarrass
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	cause mental discomfort
Synonyms:	abash, agitate, annoy, bewilder, bother, bug, chagrin, confuse, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, distract, distress, disturb, dumbfound, faze, fluster, irk, let down, mortify, nonplus, perplex, perturb, plague, puzzle, rattle, shame, show up, stun, tease, throw, upset, catch one short, discombobulate, give a bad time, give a hard time, hang up*, make a monkey of, put in a hole, put in a spot, put on the spot, put out of countenance, throw into a tizzy
Antonyms:	comfort, gladden, help, please

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Main Entry:	excite
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	inspire; upset
Synonyms:	accelerate, agitate, amaze, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, astound, awaken, bother, chafe, delight, discompose, disturb, electrify, elicit, energize, evoke, fire, fluster, foment, galvanize, goad, incite, induce, inflame, infuriate, instigate, intensify, irritate, jar, jolt, kindle, madden, mock, move, offend, precipitate, provoke, quicken, rouse, start, stimulate, taunt, tease, thrill, titillate, vex, warm, whet, work up, worry, feed the fire, stir up, touch off, wake up, waken
Antonyms:	bore, calm, compose, deaden, lull, moderate, pacify, quiet, repress, tranquilize

Main Entry:	flirt
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who makes advances
Synonyms:	operator, philanderer, player, seducer, siren, tease, vamp, vixen, wanton, wolf, coquette, cruiser, heartbreaker, swinger, trifler

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Main Entry:	flirt
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make advances toward someone
Synonyms:	banter, come on, coquet, dally, disport, fool, ogle, pick up, pitch, proposition, tease, bat eyes at, come hither, eyeball, gam, hit on, lead on, linger with, make a move, make a pass, philander, wink at*
Antonyms:	be faithful

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Main Entry:	flirtation
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	amorous advance
Synonyms:	amour, dalliance, flirting, intrigue, pickup, romance, tease, teasing, trifling, coquetry, courting, cruising, romancing, toying
Antonyms:	faithfulness

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Main Entry:	goad
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	egg on, incite
Synonyms:	animate, annoy, arouse, bully, coerce, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, force, harass, hound, impel, instigate, irritate, lash, move, needle, press, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, sound, spark, spur, stimulate, sting, tease, thrust, trigger, turn on, urge, whip, work up, worry, fire up, goose*, inspirit, key up, put up to, rowel, sic
Antonyms:	discourage, dissuade

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Main Entry:	harass
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	badger
Synonyms:	annoy, attack, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, bug, bullyrag, burn, despoil, devil, distress, disturb, eat, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, foray, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, gnaw, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, intimidate, irk, irritate, jerk around, macerate, maraud, noodge, pain*, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, raid, rattle one's cage, ride, strain, stress, tease, tire, torment, trouble, try, vex, weary, work on, worry
Antonyms:	aid, assist, facilitate, help, support

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Main Entry:	harry
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	pester, annoy
Synonyms:	attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, devastate, disturb, fret, gnaw, harass, hassle, irk, irritate, molest, persecute, perturb, pillage, plague, plunder, ravage, sack, tease, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry, chivy, depredate, lay waste
Antonyms:	aid, assist, help, support

Main Entry:	heckle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	jeer
Synonyms:	badger, bait, bother, bully, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, disturb, embarrass, faze, gibe, hound, interrupt, pester, plague, rattle, ride, ridicule, taunt, tease, torment, worry, chivy, dis, shout at
Antonyms:	encourage, help, promote, support

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Main Entry:	insult
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	abuse, offend
Synonyms:	abase, affront, aggravate, annoy, blister, curse, cut to the quick, debase, degrade, deride, dishonor, disoblige, dump on, flout, gird, humiliate, injure, irritate, jeer, libel, mock, outrage, pan, provoke, put down, revile, ridicule, roast, scoff, slam, slander, slight, sneer, snub, step on one's toes, taunt, tease, underestimate, vex
Antonyms:	compliment, flatter, praise

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Main Entry:	jest
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	joke
Synonyms:	banter, chaff, deride, flout, fool, fun, gibe, gird, jeer, jolly, josh, kid, mock, needle, put on, quip, rag, razz, rib, roast, scoff, sneer, spoof, tease, jive*