Teasing
['ti:ziŋ]
Definition
(noun.) playful vexation; 'the parody was just a form of teasing'.
(adj.) arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it; 'her lazy teasing smile' .
Typist: Trevor--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tease
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To find yourself teasing any person while dreaming, denotes that you will be loved and sought after because of your cheerful and amiable manners. Your business will be eventually successful. To dream of being teased, denotes that you will win the love of merry and well-to-do persons. For a young woman to dream of being teased, foretells that she will form a hasty attachment, but will not be successful in consummating an early marriage.
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Examples
- Thus did this provoking creature delight in teasing me, and the next half-hour he would seem passionately devoted to me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She seemed to delight in teasing me, which was a change in her I wondered at very much. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I planned it, and she only gave in after lots of teasing. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She attracted him more than he liked--and Miss Bingley was uncivil to _her_, and more teasing than usual to himself. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Towards midnight the teasing, monotonous bark of the house-dog disturbed the quietude of their vigil. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He had spent two years teasing me and I had always liked it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I begged Mr. Robinson not to lose his time in teasing me when I was out of spirits. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Let me amuse myself by teasing mamma: I will assert that she is flagging. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Teasing, teasing, man! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I've done my best, but you won't be reasonable, and it's selfish of you to keep teasing for what I can't give. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He was always teasing her, mocking her ways. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Beauclerc, his relation, whom he always called Fred Diamond Eye; and Fred Beauclerc was continually teasing me about Ponsonby. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Indignant at last with her teasing peevishness, I curtly requested her to hold her tongue. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It would have been easy to show anger at the teasing, hostile tone of the little man. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But this is teasing you. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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