Definitions For Teasing

noun

  • The act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
  • The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
  • Playful vexation

adjective

  • Causing irritation or annoyance
  • Arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it
  • Playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)

verb

  • To laugh at and criticize (someone) in a way that is either friendly and playful or cruel and unkind
  • To annoy or bother (an animal)
  • To make (hair) look fuller or bigger by combing it in a special way

Is Teasing a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
10

The word Teasing is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Teasing in a Sentence

  • He and his wife enjoy teasing each other about their different tastes in music.
  • The other children teased her because she was wearing braces.
  • He was always teased by his brother about being short.
  • A pretty girl who has the reputation of being a bit of a tease
  • The lower rate is just a tease to attract new customers.

Synonyms for Teasing

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