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Synonyms
chafe (chāf)

[Middle English chafen, from Old French chaufer, to warm, from Vulgar Latin* calefāre, alteration of Latin calefacere, calēre, to be warm, + facere, to make.]

verb: chafed, chaf·ing, chafes. 

transitive verb 

  1. To wear away or irritate by rubbing.
  2. To annoy; vex.
  3. To warm by rubbing, as with the hands.

intransitive verb 

  1. To rub and cause irritation or friction: The high collar chafed against my neck.
  2. To become worn or sore from rubbing.
  3. To feel irritated or impatient: chafed at the delay.

noun 

  1. Warmth, wear, or soreness produced by friction.
  2. Annoyance; vexation.

synonyms:

chafe, abrade, excoriate, fret1gall2 These verbs mean to wear down or rub away a surface by or as if by scraping: chafed my skin; water abrading the canyon walls; metal bristles that excoriated her scalp; rope that fretted a groove in the post; stone steps galled by years of heavy use.