teasing

The word “teasing” has 2 syllables: teas-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈtiːzɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for teasing?

In the thesaurus, “teasing” has 192 synonyms and 29 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for teasing along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for teasing

activating
aggravating
aggravation
aggrieving
aggro
agitating
amusing
angering
annoyance
annoying
antic
badgering
baiting
bantering
bedeviling
bedevilment
beleaguering
botheration
bothering
bothersome
browbeating
bugging
bullying
cerebral
chaffing
chafing
charged
clever
comic
comical
deriding
devilment
devilry
discomforting
disturbance
disturbing
diverting
dogging
droll
edgy
energizing
enraging
entertaining
exasperating
exciting
explosive
facetious
farcical
fiery
flip
flippant
fooling
fretting
frivolous
frosting
funning
funny
gagging
galling
galvanizing
getting
gibing
goading
goofing on
grating
griping
hagriding
harassing
harassment
harrying
hassling
hazing
heckling
hectoring
highbrow
highbrowed
hounding
humorous
hysterical
importunity
incendiary
inciting
inducing
inflammatory
inspirational
inspiring
instigating
instigative
intellectual
irking
irksome
irritating
itching
japing
jeering
jesting
jibing
jiving
jocose
jocular
jocund
joking
jolly
jollying
joshing
jovial
kidding
laughable
laughing
ludicrous
maddening
making game of
merry
mirthful
mischief
mischievous
mocking
molestation
motivating
motivational
motivative
nagging
narking
needling
nettling
offence
offense
peeving
persecuting
persecution
pert
perturbing
pesky
pestering
picking on
piquing
plaguing
playful
prankish
provocation
provocative
provoking
putting out
quickening
quipping
rallying
rasping
razzing
ribbing
ridiculing
ridiculous
riding
riling
riotous
risible
roasting
rollicking
ruffling
scintillating
screaming
sidesplitting
smart
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
sparkling
spiting
stimulating
stringing along
sunny
taking the mickey out of
taunting
terrorizing
testing
torment
tormenting
torture
torturing
triggering
troubling
trying
uproarious
upsetting
vexation
vexatious
vexing
vitalizing
waggish
whimsical
wisecracking
witty
yucking
yukking

Antonyms for teasing

brainless
corny
doleful
dolorous
earnest
grave
hackney
hackneyed
humorless
lachrymose
lame
lowbrow
noninflammatory
plaintive
serious
serious-minded
sober
solemn
somber
sombre
sorry
stupid
subduing
tearful
unamusing
uncomic
unfunny
witless
woeful

Meanings of teasing

verb
1. To separate the fibres of a fibrous material.
2. To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
3. To back-comb.
4. To poke fun at.
5. To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
6. To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
7. To entice, tempt.
8. To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
noun
1. The act of teasing; making fun of or making light of.

Example Sentences

The children were teasing each other playfully on the playground.
He was tired of the constant teasing from his classmates.
She gave him a teasing smile before walking away.
The movie keeps teasing the audience with clues about the villain.
Light-hearted teasing can be fun, but it shouldn't go too far.

On this page you'll find 221 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to teasing, such as: activating, aggravating, aggravation, aggrieving, aggro, agitating, amusing.

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