Synonyms of teasing

1. tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalization, harassment, molestation: usage: the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"
2. teasing, play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper: usage: playful vexation; "the parody was just a form of teasing"
3. comb-out, teasing, comb, combing: usage: the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb

1. tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer, torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate: usage: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
2. tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride, mock, bemock: usage: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
3. tease, manipulate, keep in line, control: usage: to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them; "The advertisement is intended to tease the customers"; "She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior"
4. tease, shred, tear up, rip up: usage: tear into pieces; "tease tissue for microscopic examinations"
5. tease, change surface: usage: raise the nap of (fabrics)
6. tease, tease apart, loosen, disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out: usage: disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"
7. tease, card, separate: usage: separate the fibers of; "tease wool"
8. tease, ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun: usage: mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman"
9. tease, fluff, comb, comb out, disentangle: usage: ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

1. mocking, teasing, quizzical, playful (vs. unplayful): usage: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
2. teasing, seductive (vs. unseductive): usage: arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it; "her lazy teasing smile"
3. annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing, disagreeable (vs. agreeable): usage: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"