What is another word for chafing?

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What is another word for chafing?

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cheekiness, cheesed off, cherry, chevvy, chevy, chew out, chew up, chicken feed, chide, chiding, chivvy, chivy, choke, choker, choler, chomp, choppiness, chump, clamber, clangor, clangoring, clipping, clothing, coarse, cockle, collapse, collation, collide, combat injury, combust, combustion, come up, commove, con game, conceited, concern, condemn, confidence game, confidence trick, conflagrate, confusing, contact lens, contravene, contravention, contriteness, contrition, contuse, contusion, copper's nark, corking, corrade, corrasion, corrosive, corruptive, countenance, counteract, covetous, crab, crabbed, crabby, cracking, cramp iron, crank, craze, cream pitcher, crease, crimson, crisp, crop, cross, crossness, crucify, crude, crudeness, crushed rock, crust, cryptic, cryptical, cryptography, cult, curse, cut, cutis, cutting off, cutting out, daemon, daimon, dandy, dangerous, dapper, dash, dashing, deadening, deadly, dear, debacle, declension, decline in quality, decry, deep, deflower, deleterious, delicate, delirious, demon, dent, denudation, deplorable, depreciation, derisive, design, despicable, detestable, detriment, detrimental, detrition, deuce, devastating, devouring, devout, dickens, difference, difference of opinion, diffraction grating, dig, dinero, dire, direful, dirty, disaccord, disagree, discase, discommode, disconcerting, disconnected, discordance, discrepancy, discriminating, disgustful, disgusting, disoblige, disorderliness, disquiet, disquietude, disrobe, dissonance, distasteful, distortion, distraint, disturbance, divergence, don, doss, doss down, dough, drag in, drag on, drag out, draw, dread, dreaded, dreadful, dredge, dress down, drill, drilling, drop back, drop behind, drubbing, dull, dumbfound, dun, dying, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic, eagre, eat, eat at, eat away, eat into, edge, edged, edginess, effort, egotistic, egotistical, elbow grease, electric automobile, electric car, electric resistance, electrical, electrical resistance, electrocution, elicit, elusive, embroil, emotional, employment, encounter, endure, energise, energize, engagement, engrave, engrossed, enigmatic, enigmatical, enkindle, entail, enwrapped, equipment casualty, erratic, esurient, evoke, ewer, exacerbate, example, excise, excision, excitable, excitation, excrescence, excruciate, excruciation, execrable, exercising, exert, exertion, exhausting, exhilaration, expunction, expunge, expunging, exquisite, extirpation, extort, extrusion, fad, fag, fag out, fall apart, fall guy, fatigue, fearful, fearsome, febrile, fecundation, feisty, fell, ferment, fermentation, fertilisation, fertilization, fervor, fervour, feverous, fickle, fidget, fidgetiness, fiend, fierce, fiery, fight, film editing, filthy, finical, finicky, fire, fire up, firing, flagitious, flake, flake off, flick, flighty, flimflam, flog, flounce, fluff, flummox, flush, flushed, fondness, fool, forwardness, foul, fractious, frantic, frazzle, freshness, frightening, frightful, frill, frosty, fruit compote, frustrate, frustrative, fumigate, furbelow, furious, furor, furore, fury, fuss, fussiness, gag, gainsay, galled, galvanising, galvanizing, game, gamey, gamy, gate-crash, gelt, genuflect, get, get behind, get hold of, get into, get through, gibbosity, gibbousness, gibelike, glow, gnaw, gnaw at, go against, go down, good, gouge, grabby, grasping, grave, gravelly, great, grind, grip, gritty, grizzle, grooming, groovy, grouchy, grouse, grudge, gruelling, grumpy, gull, haemorrhage, hale, halter, hamper, hang back, hapless, harassed, harassment, hard, harm, harried, harry, harshness, hassle, hastiness, hateful, haul, have in mind, have on, have words, head ache, headfirst, heart, heartache, heartbreak, heartbreaking, heartfelt, heartrending, heat, heated up, heating plant, heating system, heavy, hectic, heller, hellion, hemorrhage, het, het up, hide, high-strung, highly strung, hitch, ho-hum, hold out, holler, horrible, horrific, horrifying, hotheaded, huffy, hullabaloo, hump, hurler, hurriedness, hurry, husking, hustle, ichor, ignite, ignition, ill at ease, ill-tempered, illiberal, immunity, impairment, impassioned, impatience, impedance, impertinence, impinging, impish, implike, imply, imposition, impudence, impulsive, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, inanimate, incensed, incinerate, incision, incisive, incommode, inconvenience, inconvenience oneself, indentation, ineffective, ineffectual, infract, infringe, injure, injurious, innervation, inquietude, inscribe, inscrutable, insect bite, insolence, intend, intense, intention, inter-group communication, interest, interrupt, intolerable, intumescence, intumescency, ira, ire, irritability, irritative, itchiness, jab, jade, jangly, jar, jaunty, jaw, jeering, jittery, jolting, jolty, jumpy, jut, kale, keenness, kick, kick up, kindle, kink, kisser, knead, knife, knife thrust, knifelike, knockout, knotty, kowtow, laborious, lacing, laconic, lambast, lambaste, lament, lamentable, lancinate, lancinating, languish, lash, lecture, legal injury, lesion, lettuce, liaison, licking, lighting, liniment, link, live, lively, loathly, loathsome, lolly, long-winded, loot, loss, low, low-down, lucifer, lucre, lump, mad, madcap, madness, make, mar, march, mark, marxist, maturation, mature, mean value, meanspirited, measly, medical dressing, meet, merry, middleman, miffed, mingy, miserly, misfortunate, mix, mocking, monster, monstrous, moolah, mordacious, mordant, morsel, mound, mugful, mule, muscle spasm, mysterious, mystify, naked as a jaybird, narc, narcotics agent, natty, natural, nauseating, nauseous, neat, neck ruff, needle, needlelike, negative, nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, nervy, nettled, neural, new, newspaper clipping, nifty, niggle, nipping, nippy, noisome, nonplus, not bad, nuisance, objurgate, objurgation, occupy, offence, offense, ogre, oil production, old, old nick, onerous, opposition, otalgia, outrage, outraged, outwear, overhasty, overrefinement, 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purge, purport, purpose, purulence, pus, put out, puzzle, quarrel, queasiness, queasy, quelling, quicksilver, quizzical, raciness, raffish, rag week, raggedness, ragtime, raise, raise up, rake, rakish, rally, ram, ramp, rancor, rancour, range, rashly, raspy, rattling, razz, reach, readiness, rebuke, recitation, red river, red-faced, reddish, redness, reek, remonstrate, repellant, repellent, repelling, reprimand, reprobate, resentment, resistivity, resistor, retarding force, revolting, ribbing, rick, ride, riffle, right, riled, ripple, rocky, roil, roiled, rough in, rough out, rough water, roughly, roughshod, rouse, rowdiness, rowdyism, rub down, rub off, rubor, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, rude, ruff, ruffle up, rumple, run afoul, rush, rushing, rust, sad, salad dressing, sanies, sashay, sauceboat, savage, scabies, scandalise, scandalize, scar, scarlet, scathe, scold, scramble, scrap, scrape up, scratch up, scrawl, scribble, scrub up, scud, scummy, scurvy, secret writing, see red, seize with teeth, self-conceited, self-consciousness, sensitive, serious, sew, sew together, sewing, shake, sharp, sharpness, shaving, sheet, shekels, shin, shining, shinny, shiver, shock, short, short-tempered, shot, shred, shrewish, shudder, shuffle, sickening, signify, sincere, sinful, single-foot, skanky, skimming, skinhead, slap-up, slash, slaughter, slimy, slip, slit, slow, smart, smartness, smash, smashing, smiler, smoke, smutty, snack, snag, snappish, soap, soapsuds, soft touch, softheartedness, solemn, sorrow, sorry, spanking, spanner, spartan, spicy, spiffy, spinous, spirit, spirited, spite, spoil, spooky, spotty, sprain, spruce, spunk, spunky, spur, spurring, sputter, squawk, squeeze, staggering, stand, stand for, stark, stark naked, start, starting line, steamed, stern, stick, stifling, stimulate, stir, stir up, stoned, storm, strain, straiten, strangle, strangling, strangulation, strap, strenuous, stretch, strife, strike, striking, strip, strip down, struggle, strut, stuffing, stung, stupefy, sudate, sudor, suds, suffer, sugar, sulfurous, sulphurous, sunburn, suntan, suppression, suppuration, surly, swagger, sweep, sweep up, swell, swither, swollen-headed, tabloid, tag, tag end, tan, tangency, tangle, tantalise, tantalize, tatter, taunt, taxing, tearaway, tearing, tease, techy, tegument, temper, tempestuous, tempestuousness, tempting, tender, tenderheartedness, terms, terrible, terse, thaw, thawing, the tempter, thin-skinned, think, think of, thinning, thrashing, thrill, throttling, thrust, thurify, thwarting, ticklish, tidal bore, tight, tinder, tingle, tingling, tippy, tire, tire out, tiring, toilsome, torrid, torturesome, torturous, touch, touchwood, tough, trail, transgress, trauma, travail, trigger-happy, trouble, trouble oneself, trounce, turmoil, turn, twinge, twirler, twist, twisting, twit, tyrannical, tyrannous, umbrageous, uncase, unclothe, uncomfortableness, uncooperative, uncovering, unction, uncut, underground, undress, undulate, unease, unendurable, uneven, ungratified, unholy, unreassuring, unrest, unrestrained, unsanded, unsatisfied, unsavory, unsavoury, unsmooth, unspeakable, unsufferable, unsympathetic, unworthy, upheaval, upset, uptight, urge, urging, urticate, usage, use, utilisation, utilization, vain, variance, verbose, vesture, vexation, vexed, vicious, vile, violate, violative, virulent, visage, vitiate, vitriolic, voltaic, wake, walloping, wampum, warm, warmheartedness, warmness, wasting, weakened, wear off, wear out, wear thin, wear upon, wearable, weary, wearying, weighty, welt, whacking, wheel, whiney, whiny, whip, whipping, whittle away, whittle down, wild, windy, wipe, woe, woebegone, wood file, wordy, work, work out, worked up, workout, worsen, worsening, worthless, wounded, wounding, wrack, wrapped, wrath, wreck, wretched, wretchedness, wrick, wring, wrong, yearn, yen, yucky, zeal, zealous, zippy, sting operation, key pattern, gravy holder, worn spot, tongue-lashing, red ink, clams, simoleons, saddle sore, break up, put on, run up, mess up, wind up, turn on, call on the carpet, shake up, life-threatening, cruddy, naked, pissed, prick, molest, sucker, bitch, cock, take to task, scratch line, physical contact, pain sensation, distressingness, bang-up, con, hang-up, red-hot, sex, cherry-red, comb-out, unbearable, acute, odious, throbbing, bothersome, withering, horrendous, harrowing, oppressive, excruciating, Cramping, arduous, disagreeable, grueling, painful, hurtful, bitter, cruel, stabbing, crushing, uncomfortable, insufferable, tormenting, burdensome, cutting, inflaming, biting, annoying, stinging, aching, piercing, distressful, Torturing., anguishing, trying, unpleasant, woeful, torturing, Irksome, Besetting, Gnawing, agonizing, grievous, wrenching, troublesome, miserable, offensive, severe, scuffings, chafings, chafing, resistance, abrasion, irritation, pain, bruise, infliction, crick, injury, Back Ache, malaise, rack, sting, ache, throe, sore, pang, spasm, torture, distress, hurt, throb, suffering, grief, agony, misery, earache, affliction, Migraine, torment, headache, anguish, bite, inflammation, stitch, stab, wrench, smarting, gripe, painfulness, burn, discomfort, wound, cramp, exasperating, badgering, Discomposing, Bedeviling, Enraging, exacerbating, needling, Arousing, perturbing, Harrying, baiting, infuriating, Rankling, upsetting, troubling, antagonizing, vexing, irking, teasing, Bothering, pestering, hassling, nagging, Envenoming, peeving, Abrading, irritating, disturbing, grinding, scrubbing, Resisting, Fretting, grating, aggravating, rasping, wearing, scraping, Harassing, Afflicting, stitching, Paining, hurting, racking, Discomforting, distressing, headlong

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