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Meanings of chafe in English

Portuguese
irritação
Catalan
vexació

Anger produced by some annoying irritation.

        irritação
        Portuguese
        importunar
        Catalan
        amoïnar
        Spanish
        provocar

        To make someone rather angry or impatient; to cause annoyance.

            importunar
            Portuguese
            arranhar
            Catalan
            esgarrapar
            Spanish
            rozar

            Cause friction.

                  arranhar
                  Spanish
                  rozar

                  Tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading.

                        rozar
                        Usage of chafe in English
                        1
                        Many Uighurs chafe at Chinese government controls on their culture and religion.
                        Reuters
                        2
                        Nonentities are never slandered; they chafe because they are left in peace.
                        The Collection of Antiquities
                        3
                        The strings crossed, and the upper began to chafe the lower savagely.
                        Peeps at Many Lands: Japan
                        4
                        His terrible headache made him chafe at any prolonging of the scene.
                        Captivating Mary Carstairs
                        5
                        But perhaps inevitably, the bonds between the team eventually start to chafe.
                        The Irish Times
                        6
                        And now he began to chafe because he was delaying the march.
                        Pluck on the Long Trail; Or, Boy Scouts in the Rockies
                        7
                        Should your feet chafe, rub tallow on the inside of your boots.
                        Micah Clarke / His Statement as made to his three grandchildren ...
                        8
                        I lift one on to my lap and begin to chafe it.
                        Waiting for the Barbarians
                        9
                        She must suspect, and guess, and chafe, and bear it all alone.
                        Far from the Madding Crowd
                        10
                        She began to listen for his coming, to chafe at his delay.
                        The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories
                        11
                        But she did chafe at the lack of social life in Calhoun.
                        American-made: the enduring legacy of the wpa : when fdr put the...
                        12
                        She smiled pitifully, and came near Andy to chafe his cold hands.
                        Then Marched the Brave
                        13
                        Why then dost thou speak in a sense to chafe my blood?
                        The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day
                        14
                        He pulls off his dog collar, which is, frankly, beginning to chafe.
                        Pandaemonium
                        15
                        Many Uighurs chafe at government curbs on their culture and religion.
                        Reuters
                        16
                        Many there chafe under Chinese restrictions on their culture and religion.
                        Reuters
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                        Translations for chafe
                        Chafe through the time
                        Chafe across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Common