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Exact Match:

chafe

soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty chafe on his knee"

warm by rubbing, as with the hands

tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck"

feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"

become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

Synonyms:

• ablate,
• ablation,
• abrade,
• abrase,
• abrasion,
• abrasive,
• afflict,
• aggravate,
• agonize,
• ail,
• annoy,
• arouse,
• attrition,
• bark,
• be livid,
• be pissed,
• bite,
• blemish,
• bloody,
• bluster,
• boil,
• bother,
• break,
• bristle,
• browned off,
• bruise,
• buffing,
• burn,
• burn to,
• burnishing,
• carry on,
• chafing,
• check,
• chip,
• claw,
• concussion,
• convulse,
• cook,
• corrode,
• crack,
• crackle,
• craze,
• crucify,
• cut,
• damage,
• detrition,
• distress,
• dressing,
• electric-heat,
• embitter,
• embitterment,
• erase,
• erasure,
• erode,
• erosion,
• exacerbate,
• exacerbation,
• exasperate,
• excoriate,
• excruciate,
• exercise,
• fester,
• file,
• filing,
• fire,
• fire up,
• flash burn,
• flay,
• foment,
• fracture,
• fray,
• frazzle,
• fret,
• fret and fume,
• fretting,
• fume,
• fuss,
• gall,
• galling,
• gas-heat,
• gash,
• get excited,
• give pain,
• gnaw,
• gnaw away,
• go on,
• grate,
• grate on,
• gravel,
• graze,
• grazing,
• grind,
• grinding,
• gripe,
• grit,
• hardly wait,
• harrow,
• hasten,
• have a conniption,
• heat,
• heat up,
• hot,
• hot up,
• hot-air-heat,
• hot-water-heat,
• huff,
• hurt,
• impair,
• incense,
• incise,
• incision,
• inflame,
• inflict pain,
• injure,
• injury,
• irk,
• irritant,
• irritate,
• irritation,
• itch to,
• jump the gun,
• kill by inches,
• lacerate,
• laceration,
• lesion,
• limation,
• maim,
• make mincemeat of,
• make sore,
• martyr,
• martyrize,
• maul,
• miff,
• mortal wound,
• mull,
• mutilate,
• mutilation,
• nettle,
• nip,
• overheat,
• pain,
• peel,
• peeve,
• pierce,
• pinch,
• pique,
• pissed off,
• polishing,
• preheat,
• prick,
• prolong the agony,
• provocation,
• provoke,
• puncture,
• put to torture,
• rack,
• rage,
• raise Cain,
• raise hell,
• raise the devil,
• raise the roof,
• rankle,
• rant,
• rant and rave,
• rasp,
• rasping,
• rave,
• raze,
• recook,
• reheat,
• rend,
• rent,
• rile,
• rip,
• roil,
• rub,
• rub away,
• rub off,
• rub out,
• rubbing away,
• ruffle,
• run,
• rupture,
• sandblasting,
• sanding,
• savage,
• scald,
• scorch,
• scotch,
• scour,
• scouring,
• scrape,
• scraping,
• scratch,
• scratching,
• scrub,
• scrubbing,
• scuff,
• second-degree burn,
• seethe,
• set on edge,
• set up,
• shining,
• simmer,
• sizzle,
• skin,
• slash,
• slit,
• smoke,
• smolder,
• smoothing,
• sore,
• soreness,
• sprain,
• squirm,
• stab,
• stab wound,
• steam,
• stew,
• stick,
• sting,
• stir the blood,
• stir up,
• stoke up,
• storm,
• strain,
• superheat,
• sweat,
• sweat and stew,
• sweat it out,
• take on,
• tear,
• tepefy,
• third-degree burn,
• throw a fit,
• torment,
• torture,
• trauma,
• traumatize,
• tweak,
• twist,
• vex,
• wait impatiently,
• warm,
• warm over,
• warm up,
• wear,
• wear away,
• wearing away,
• work up,
• worry,
• wound,
• wounds immedicable,
• wrench,
• wring