chafe

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

chafe, v. t. [OE. chaufen to warm, OF. chaufer, F. chauffer, fr. L. calefacere, calfacere, to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make. See Caldron.].

•  To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.  [1913 Webster]

  "To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin."  [1913 Webster]
•  To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.  [1913 Webster]

  "Her intercession chafed him."  [1913 Webster]
•  To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.  [1913 Webster]

  "Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to prevent its being chafed."

Syn. -- To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame.

chafe, v. i. 

•  To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.  [1913 Webster]

  "Made its great boughs chafe together."  [1913 Webster]

  "The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores."  [1913 Webster]
•  To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.  [1913 Webster]
•  To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

  "He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter."  [1913 Webster]

chafe, n. 

•  Heat excited by friction.  [1913 Webster]
•  Injury or wear caused by friction.  [1913 Webster]
•  Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.  [1913 Webster]

  "The cardinal in a chafe sent for him to Whitehall."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chafe, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. make or become sore or damaged by rubbing.
2 tr. rub (esp. the skin to restore warmth or sensation).
3 tr. & intr. make or become annoyed; fret (was chafed by the delay).
--n.
1 a an act of chafing. b a sore resulting from this.
2 a state of annoyance.

Etymology

ME f. OF chaufer ult. f. L calefacere f. calere be hot + facere make

THESAURUS

chafe

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

ROGET THESAURUS

chafe

Excitability

VB be impatient, not be able to bear, bear ill, wince, chafe, champ a bit, be in a stew, be out of all patience, fidget, fuss, not have a wink of sleep, toss on one's pillow, lose one's temper, break out, burst out, fly out, go off, fly off, fly off at a tangent, fly off the handle, lose one's cool, explode, flare up, flame up, fire up, burst into a flame, take fire, fire, burn, boil, boil over, foam, fume, rage, rave, rant, tear, go wild, run wild, run mad, go into hysterics, run riot, run amuck, battre la campagne, faire le diable a quatre, play the deuce.

Pain

VB feel pain, suffer pain, experience pain, undergo pain, bear pain, endure pain, smart, ache, suffer, bleed, ail, be the victim of, labor under afflictions, bear the cross, quaff the bitter cup, have a bad time of it, fall on evil days, go hard with, come to grief, fall a sacrifice to, drain the cup of misery to the dregs, sup full of horrors, sit on thorns, be on pins and needles, wince, fret, chafe, worry oneself, be in a taking, fret and fume, take on, take to heart, cark, grieve, mourn, yearn, repine, pine, droop, languish, sink, give way, despair, break one's heart, weigh upon the heart.

Painfulness

VB cause pain, occasion pain, give pain, bring pain, induce pain, produce pain, create pain, inflict pain, pain, hurt, wound, pinch, prick, gripe, pierce, lancinate, cut, hurt the feelings, wound the feelings, grate upon the feelings, grate upon the nerves, jar upon the feelings, wring the heart, pierce the heart, lacerate the heart, break the heart, rend the heart, make the heart bleed, tear the heart strings, rend the heart strings, draw tears from the eyes, sadden, make unhappy, plunge into sorrow, grieve, fash, afflict, distress, cut up, cut to the heart, displease, annoy, incommode, discompose, trouble, disquiet, faze, feaze, feeze, disturb, cross, perplex, molest, tease, tire, irk, vex, mortify, wherret, worry, plague, bother, pester, bore, pother, harass, harry, badger, heckle, bait, beset, infest, persecute, importune, wring, harrow, torment, torture, bullyrag, put to the rack, put to the question, break on the wheel, rack, scarify, cruciate, crucify, convulse, agonize, barb the dart, plant a dagger in the breast, plant a thorn in one's side, irritate, provoke, sting, nettle, try the patience, pique, fret, rile, tweak the nose, chafe, gall, sting to the quick, wound to the quick, cut to the quick, aggrieve, affront, enchafe, enrage, ruffle, sour the temper, give offense, maltreat, bite, snap at, assail, smite, sicken, disgust, revolt, nauseate, disenchant, repel, offend, shock, stink in the nostrils, go against the stomach, turn the stomach, make one sick, set the teeth on edge, go against the grain, grate on the ear, stick in one's throat, stick in one's gizzard, rankle, gnaw, corrode, horrify, appal, appall, freeze the blood, make the flesh creep, make the hair stand on end, make the blood curdle, make the blood run cold, make one shudder, haunt the memory, weigh on the heart, prey on the heart, weigh on the mind, prey on the mind, weigh on the spirits, prey on the spirits, bring one's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave, add a nail to one's coffin.

Discontent

VB be discontented, quarrel with one's bread and butter, repine, regret, wish one at the bottom of the Red Sea, take on, take to heart, shrug the shoulders, make a wry face, pull a long face, knit one's brows, look blue, look black, look black as thunder, look blank, look glum, take in bad part, take ill, fret, chafe, make a piece of work, grumble, croak, lament, cause discontent, dissatisfy, disappoint, mortify, put out, disconcert, cut up, dishearten.

Resentment

VB resent, take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception, take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon, ne pas entendre raillerie, breathe revenge, cut up rough, fly into a rage, fall into a rage, get into a rage, fly into a passion, bridle up, bristle up, froth up, fire up, flare up, open the vials of one's wrath, pour out the vials of one's wrath, pout, knit the brow, frown, scowl, lower, snarl, growl, gnarl, gnash, snap, redden, color, look black, look black as thunder, look daggers, bite one's thumb, show one's teeth, grind one's teeth, champ the bit, champ at the bit, chafe, mantle, fume, kindle, fly out, take fire, boil, boil over, boil with indignation, boil with rage, rage, storm, foam, vent one's rage, vent one's spleen, lose one's temper, stand on one's hind legs, stamp the foot, stamp with rage, quiver with rage, swell with rage, foam with rage, burst with anger, raise Cain, have a fling at, bear malice, cause anger, raise anger, affront, offend, give offense, give umbrage, anger, hurt the feelings, insult, discompose, fret, ruffle, nettle, huff, pique, excite, irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile, sting, sting to the quick, rile, provoke, chafe, wound, incense, inflame, enrage, aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach, envenom, embitter, exasperate, infuriate, kindle wrath, stick in one's gizzard, rankle, hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw, put out of countenance, put out of humor, put one's monkey up, put one's back up, raise one's gorge, raise one's dander, raise one's choler, work up into a passion, make one's blood boil, make the ears tingle, throw, into a ferment, madden, drive one mad, lash into fury, lash into madness, fool to the top of one's bent, set by the ears, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears, resent, take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception, take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon, ne pas entendre raillerie, breathe revenge, cut up rough, fly into a rage, fall into a rage, get into a rage, fly into a passion, bridle up, bristle up, froth up, fire up, flare up, open the vials of one's wrath, pour out the vials of one's wrath, pout, knit the brow, frown, scowl, lower, snarl, growl, gnarl, gnash, snap, redden, color, look black, look black as thunder, look daggers, bite one's thumb, show one's teeth, grind one's teeth, champ the bit, champ at the bit, chafe, mantle, fume, kindle, fly out, take fire, boil, boil over, boil with indignation, boil with rage, rage, storm, foam, vent one's rage, vent one's spleen, lose one's temper, stand on one's hind legs, stamp the foot, stamp with rage, quiver with rage, swell with rage, foam with rage, burst with anger, raise Cain, have a fling at, bear malice, cause anger, raise anger, affront, offend, give offense, give umbrage, anger, hurt the feelings, insult, discompose, fret, ruffle, nettle, huff, pique, excite, irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile, sting, sting to the quick, rile, provoke, chafe, wound, incense, inflame, enrage, aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach, envenom, embitter, exasperate, infuriate, kindle wrath, stick in one's gizzard, rankle, hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw, put out of countenance, put out of humor, put one's monkey up, put one's back up, raise one's gorge, raise one's dander, raise one's choler, work up into a passion, make one's blood boil, make the ears tingle, throw, into a ferment, madden, drive one mad, lash into fury, lash into madness, fool to the top of one's bent, set by the ears, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.

Physical Pain

VB feel pain, experience pain, suffer pain, undergo pain, suffer, ache, smart, bleed, tingle, shoot, twinge, twitch, lancinate, writhe, wince, make a wry face, sit on thorns, sit on pins and needles, give pain, inflict pain, lacerate, pain, hurt, chafe, sting, bite, gnaw, gripe, pinch, tweak, grate, gall, fret, prick, pierce, wring, convulse, torment, torture, rack, agonize, crucify, cruciate, excruciate, break on the wheel, put to the rack, flog, grate on the ear.

Calefaction

VB heat, warm, chafe, stive, foment, make hot, sun oneself, sunbathe, go up in flames, burn to the ground (flame), fire, set fire to, set on fire, kindle, enkindle, light, ignite, strike a light, apply the match to, apply the torch to, rekindle, relume, fan the flame, add fuel to the flame, poke the fire, stir the fire, blow the fire, make a bonfire of, melt, thaw, fuse, liquefy, burn, inflame, roast, toast, fry, grill, singe, parch, bake, torrefy, scorch, brand, cauterize, sear, burn in, corrode, char, calcine, incinerate, smelt, scorify, reduce to ashes, burn to a cinder, commit to the flames, consign to the flames, boil, digest, stew, cook, seethe, scald, parboil, simmer, do to rags, take fire, catch fire, blaze.