Definition for Teasing:

• playfully vexing ( especially by ridicule); " his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell

Synonyms for Teasing:

• adj.

  •aggravating (adjective)
  • disturbing,
  • Bedeviling,
  • aggravating,
  • annoying,
  • pestering,
  • infuriating,
  • vexing,
  • exasperating,
  • antagonizing,
  • bothersome,
  • Harassing,
  • Irksome,
  • irritating,
  • Rankling,
  • Enraging,
  • upsetting,
  • inflaming,
  • exacerbating,
  • perturbing,
  • troublesome,
  • grating.
  •attractive (adjective)
  • taking,
  • mesmeric.
  •enigmatic/enigmatical (adjective)
  • perplexing.
  •jocular/jocose/jocund (adjective)
  • roguish,
  • humorous.
  •mischievous (adjective)
  • arch.
  •naughty (adjective)
  • fractious.

• n.

  •
  • provoking,
  • exciting,
  • Gibing,
  • Kidding,
  • tantalizing,
  • tickling,
  • Twitting.
  •act (noun)
  • tease,
  • Tantalization,
  • ribbing.
  •aggravation (noun)
  • vexation,
  • botheration.
  •flirtation (noun)
  • dalliance,
  • flirting,
  • coquetry.
  •fooling (noun)
  • joshing,
  • jesting.

• v.

  •aggravating (verb)
  • badgering,
  • Harrying,
  • troubling,
  • needling,
  • nagging,
  • Envenoming,
  • chafing,
  • Arousing,
  • baiting,
  • Discomposing,
  • peeving.
  •irritating (verb)
  • Fretting,
  • hassling,
  • irking,
  • Piquing,
  • Bothering,
  • acerbating.

• Other synonyms:

  •banter
  • raillery.
  •Other relevant words:
  • deceive,
  • sirenic,
  • annoyingly,
  • importunity,
  • pestilent,
  • Nettling,
  • Coquetting,
  • relaxing,
  • Ragging,
  • sniggering,
  • loosening,
  • hypnotic,
  • come-hither,
  • mystifier,
  • Loosing,
  • exotic,
  • good humor,
  • worry,
  • lightheartedness,
  • urging,
  • ravishing,
  • grind,
  • displease,
  • scratchy,
  • suggestive,
  • beset,
  • derisory,
  • persecutor,
  • mouthwatering,
  • humorously,
  • Crucifying,
  • painful,
  • frustrating,
  • fetching,
  • erotic,
  • japing,
  • disturbance,
  • sexy,
  • Deviling,
  • teaser,
  • tire,
  • attraction,
  • frivolity,
  • tauntingly,
  • techy,
  • haunting,
  • pettish,
  • sensual,
  • interesting,
  • roasting,
  • gibelike,
  • entrancing,
  • disappointing,
  • engagingly,
  • raging,
  • disappoint,
  • Oppressing,
  • scoffingly,
  • Incommoding,
  • wearisome,
  • comb-out,
  • Blandishing,
  • bewitching,
  • Intercepting,
  • Gnawing,
  • witching,
  • charming,
  • surrounding,
  • mockingly,
  • beguiling,
  • disturb,
  • bother,
  • mounting,
  • questioning,
  • perversive,
  • Hooting,
  • blandishment,
  • annoyance,
  • banteringly,
  • appetizing,
  • Deriding,
  • bungling,
  • pressing,
  • barracking,
  • make fun of,
  • irritate,
  • molest,
  • summoning,
  • charismatic,
  • Seducing,
  • Enticingly,
  • coding,
  • appealing,
  • maddening,
  • Remonstrating,
  • flippant,
  • beautiful,
  • bobbling,
  • titillating,
  • winsome,
  • untying,
  • pestilential,
  • beleaguering,
  • nettlesome,
  • lambasting,
  • engaging,
  • Dunning,
  • prepossessing,
  • tantalize,
  • berating,
  • irritative,
  • wiretapping,
  • fumbling,
  • joking,
  • inconveniencing,
  • repartee,
  • Bedevilling,
  • pleasantry,
  • irk,
  • worrying,
  • captivating,
  • plaguey,
  • disagreeable,
  • Muffing,
  • coquette,
  • tapping,
  • irritatingly,
  • fascinating,
  • Snickering,
  • prickteaser,
  • annoy,
  • buttonholing,
  • rallying,
  • voluptuous,
  • bumbling,
  • Importuning,
  • bugging,
  • chitchat,
  • vexer,
  • Fleering,
  • booing,
  • tantalising,
  • irresistible,
  • spellbinding,
  • Smirking,
  • smart,
  • winning,
  • irritable,
  • intriguing,
  • dirty,
  • cranky,
  • Carding,
  • urgent,
  • annoyer,
  • jeeringly,
  • trouncing,
  • Chaffing,
  • tetchy,
  • derisively,
  • insistent,
  • tiresome,
  • persecute,
  • vamper,
  • Cajoling,
  • mortifying,
  • sarcastically,
  • Chivying,
  • Plying,
  • persiflage,
  • wonderingly,
  • Quizzing,
  • Riling,
  • catcalling,
  • enravishing,
  • puzzler,
  • corruptive,
  • razzing,
  • Molesting,
  • vamp,
  • bedevilment,
  • bullying,
  • mobilising,
  • siren,
  • gathering,
  • mishandling,
  • mouth-watering,
  • jollying,
  • mischievously,
  • smart-ass,
  • galling,
  • snorting,
  • sensuous,
  • lightheartedly,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • Cajolement,
  • jeering,
  • mischievousness,
  • besieging,
  • demanding,
  • lecturing,
  • flirt,
  • falling short,
  • Mustering,
  • scoffing,
  • heckling,
  • taunting,
  • Flouting,
  • Mobilizing,
  • plaguesome,
  • ridicule,
  • chat,
  • catching,
  • Circumventing,
  • Importune,
  • peevish,
  • fluffing,
  • Plaguing,
  • Carking,
  • pesky,
  • Ruffling,
  • importunateness,
  • grinning,
  • quizzically,
  • plaguy,
  • testy,
  • pestiferous,
  • Ridiculing,
  • pester,
  • deride,
  • Persecuting,
  • enthralling,
  • provoke,
  • pressure,
  • derisive,
  • leering,
  • Jawing,
  • besiege,
  • Spellful,
  • inviting,
  • fun,
  • Hazing,
  • glamorous,
  • Rebuking,
  • mocking,
  • Reprimanding,
  • urgency,
  • seductive,
  • harass,
  • coaxing,
  • questioningly,
  • Titillative,
  • provocative,
  • wheedling,
  • bedevil,
  • joke,
  • hissing,
  • bantering,
  • Panning,
  • scolding,
  • puzzle,
  • sneering,
  • distract,
  • chaff,
  • importunate,
  • Devilling,
  • Vamping,
  • enticing,
  • piquant,
  • peckish,
  • enchanting,
  • railing,
  • taunt,
  • tempting,
  • smart-alecky,
  • poke fun at,
  • petulant,
  • Botching,
  • jokingly,
  • minx,
  • teasingly,
  • stimulating,
  • embarrassing,
  • rebounding,
  • alluring,
  • cajolery,
  • worrisome,
  • appetising.

Paraphrases for Teasing:

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Arousing, Bothering, causing, stirring, Eliciting, laughing, provoking, Ignoring, Flouting, Messing, sparking, triggering, out-girling, inducing, mocking, Kidding, prompting.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    taunting, Inciting, hassling, playing.

Antonyms for Teasing:

• adj.

  • attractive
    repulsive, unappealing, unattractive, ugly, repellent.
  • enigmatic/enigmatical
    obvious, unmysterious, clear.
  • jocular/jocose/jocund
    serious, unfunny, morose.
  • mischievous
    obedient, good, Behaved, nice.
  • naughty
    controlled.
  • teasing
    Regaling, comforting, praising.

• n.

  • flirtation
    faithfulness.
  • fooling
    seriousness.
  • Other antonyms:
    unplayful, agreeable, unseductive, sober.

Hyponym for Teasing:

• n.

  • act
    frolic, caper, molestation, play, gambol, harassment, romp.