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| Main Entry: | teasing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pestering |
| Synonyms: | disturbing, irritating, joking, mocking, provoking, tickling, badgering, bothering, exasperating, harassing, kidding, plaguing, ribbing, taunting, tormenting, vexing |
| Antonyms: | comforting, praising, regaling |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attractive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appealing, drawing attention |
| Synonyms: | adorable, agreeable, alluring, beautiful, charming, comely, enchanting, engaging, fair, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, interesting, inviting, lovely, magnetic, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, pretty, provocative, seductive, stunning, teasing, tempting, winning, winsome, beckoning, bewitching, captivating, enthralling, enticing, hunky, looker, luring, mesmeric, taking, tantalizing |
| Antonyms: | repellent, repulsive, ugly, unappealing, unattractive |
| Main Entry: | enigmatic/enigmatical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mysterious |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, cryptic, dark, doubtful, equivocal, incomprehensible, indecipherable, inexplicable, inscrutable, obscure, occult, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secret, teasing, uncertain, unfathomable, unintelligible, Delphian, Sibylline, sphinxlike, stickling, stumping |
| Antonyms: | clear, obvious, unmysterious |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fooling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joking, tricks |
| Synonyms: | farce, high jinks, horseplay, jesting, mockery, nonsense, pretense, roughhouse, sham*, teasing, trifling, bluffing, buffoonery, clownishness, frolicking, joshing, kidding, making light, roughhousing, rowdiness, skylarking, spoofing |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jocular/jocose/jocund |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, playful |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, camp, cheerful, comic, comical, crazy, daffy, droll, facetious, flaky*, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, happy, humorous, jesting, joking, jolly, jovial, joyous, laughable, lighthearted, lively, ludicrous, merry, mischievous, pleasant, roguish, sportive, teasing, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty, jokey, joshing |
| Antonyms: | morose, serious, unfunny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mischievous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | devilish, wicked |
| Synonyms: | arch, artful, bad, bothersome, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, foxy*, frolicsome, harmful, hazardous, holy terror*, hurtful, ill, impish, injurious, insidious, irksome, malicious, malignant, naughty, nocuous, perilous, pernicious, playful, precarious, puckish, rascal, risky, rude, sinful, sly, spiteful, sportive, teasing, tricky, troublesome, vexatious, vicious, wayward, dickens, exasperating, ill-behaved, misbehaving, rascally, vexing |
| Antonyms: | good, nice, obedient, behaved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | playful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, fun-loving |
| Synonyms: | antic, blithe, cheerful, coltish, comical, elvish, feeling one's oats, flirtatious, frisky, frolicsome, full of pep, gamesome, gay, good-natured, impish, jaunty, jesting, jocund, joking, joyous, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, mischievous, prankish, puckish, rollicking, snappy, spirited, sportive, sprightly, teasing, tongue-in-cheek*, vivacious, waggish, whimsical, zippy* |
| Antonyms: | humorless, serious, working |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quizzical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appearing confused or curious |
| Synonyms: | amusing, arch, derisive, disbelieving, eccentric, incredulous, inquiring, inquisitive, mocking, odd, quaint, queer, questioning, sardonic, searching, skeptical, supercilious, suspicious, teasing, unbelieving, unusual, aporetic, bantering, probing, show-me |
| Antonyms: | certain, understanding |
| Main Entry: | scorn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contempt toward something |
| Synonyms: | contumely, derision, despite, disdain, disparagement, disregard, jeering, mockery, ridicule, sarcasm, slight, sneer, sport, teasing, contemptuousness, despisal, despisement, scoffing, scornfulness, taunting |
| Antonyms: | approval, delight, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | vexatious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressing, bothersome |
| Synonyms: | annoying, burdensome, disagreeable, disappointing, disturbing, irksome, irritating, mean, pesky*, provoking, teasing, troublesome, trying, ugly, unpleasant, wicked, worrisome, worrying, afflicting, aggravating, exasperating, nagging, tormenting, troublous, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | assisting, helpful, pleasing, soothing, aiding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | waggish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | playful |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, bubbly, cheerful, comical, frolicsome, funny, gay, humorous, jaunty, jesting, jocular, jocund, joking, jolly, joyous, kittenish, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, snappy, spirited, teasing, whimsical, witty, clowning, gamesome |
| Main Entry: | enigmatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mysterious |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, cryptic, dark, doubtful, equivocal, incomprehensible, indecipherable, inexplicable, inscrutable, obscure, occult, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secret, teasing, uncertain, unfathomable, unintelligible, Delphian, enigmatical, sphinxlike, stickling, stumping |
| Antonyms: | clear, known, obvious, plain |
| Main Entry: | jocular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, camp, cheerful, comic, comical, crazy, daffy, droll, facetious, flaky, frolicsome, gay, gleeful, happy, humorous, jesting, jocose, jocund, joking, jolly, jovial, joyous, laughable, lighthearted, lively, ludicrous, merry, mischievous, playful, pleasant, roguish, sportive, teasing, wacky, waggish, whimsical, witty, boffo, campy, for grins, gagged up, jokey, joshing |
| Notes: | jovial refers to a mood or disposition, jocular to a conduct or manner |
| Antonyms: | serious, solemn |
| Main Entry: | persecution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affliction |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, banishment, bashing, exile, expulsion, galling, imprisonment, infliction, killing, maltreatment, massacre, murder, oppression, provoking, teasing, torment, torture, torture, ill-treatment, mistreatment, pestering |
| Antonyms: | help, stimulation, succor |
| Main Entry: | raillery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | banter |
| Synonyms: | badinage, fun, jesting, joking, ridicule, teasing, joshing, ribbing |
| Main Entry: | aggravation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance |
| Synonyms: | affliction, bother, difficulty, distress, exasperation, hang-up*, headache*, irritation, pain, pain in the neck*, pet peeve*, provocation, teasing, vexation, worry, aggro, botheration, irksomeness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | naughty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad, misbehaved |
| Synonyms: | annoying, contrary, disobedient, disorderly, evil, fiendish, fractious, froward, headstrong, impish, indecorous, insubordinate, intractable, mischievous, obstreperous, perverse, playful, raunchy, recalcitrant, refractory, rough, rowdy, sinful, teasing, tough, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, wanton, wayward, wicked, willful, worthless, wrong, badly behaved, exasperating, rascally |
| Antonyms: | good, obedient, behaved, controlled |
| Main Entry: | play |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, entertainment |
| Synonyms: | caper, dalliance, delight, disport, diversion, frisk, frolic, fun, gambol, game, happiness, humor, jest, joking, lark, match, pastime, pleasure, prank, recreation, relaxation, romp, sport, teasing, foolery, gaming, sportiveness |
| Antonyms: | work |
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