Teasing: alternatives and connections

Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.

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Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.

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Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.

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Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.

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Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer.

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Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer.

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To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.

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An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.

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of Comb

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Full of levity; dancing, playing, or frisking about; full of pranks; frolicsome; gay; merry.

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A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank.

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The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.

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The act of molesting, or the state of being molested; disturbance; annoyance.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.

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Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.

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Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.

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Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.

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Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.

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of Annoy

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Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity; troublesome.

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of Gall

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of Irritate

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of Mock

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Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive.

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of Pester

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Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies.

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Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting; as, a plaguy horse. [Colloq.] Also used adverbially; as, "He is so plaguy proud."

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Relating to quizzing: given to quizzing; of the nature of a quiz; farcical; sportive.

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of Rib

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The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized.

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To comb or card, as wool or flax.

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Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor.

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of Vex

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