The Meaning of tease

• (v. t.) To comb or card, as wool or flax.
• (v. t.) To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.
• (v. t.) To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.
• (v. t.) To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague.
• (n.) One who teases or plagues.

Synonyms

teaser , annoyer , vexer , coquette , flirt , vamp , vamper , minx , prickteaser , teasing , ribbing , tantalization , badger , pester , bug , beleaguer , razz , rag , cod , tantalize , tantalise , bait , taunt , twit , rally , ride , tease apart , loosen , card , fluff

Homophones

t.s , teas , tees

Rhymes

abductees , abdulaziz , abeles , absentees , abts , adoptees , agrees , amputees , andries , annamese , appease , ashis , aziz , balinese , beas , bees , beese , belize , bes , brees , breese , breeze , brunjes , burmese , cadiz , cantonese , cds , cees , celanese , cheese , chemise , cherokees , chinese , conferees , congolese , crees , creese , damocles , deas , decrees , deese , degrees , deis , delouis , detainees , devotees , diocese , dioceses , disagrees , disease , displease , draftees , drees , dreese , dreis , duvrees , ease , emphases , enlistees , enrollees , expertise , feaze , feces , fees , feeze , flees , foresees , franchisees , francies , freas , frease , frees , freese , freeze , freis , frieze , friis , furches , geez , gies , glees , guarantees , headcheese , hees , heese , hercules , honorees , hyades , idiosyncrasies , indices , indochinese , inductees , internees , interviewees , isosceles , japanese , javanese , jaycees , jeez , journalese , keas , kees , keese , keys , klees , knees , kreis , kriese , leas , lebanese , lees , lessees , licensees , louise , maccabees , maltese , manganese , matterease , mcclees , mclees , mcnease , mcnees , mease , mees , meis , mores , neas , nease , nees , neese , neis , nepalese , niese , nobodies , nominees , ortiz , overseas , pawnees , peas , pease , peise , pleas , please , pleiades , plese , portuguese , preas , preis , rameses , ramesses , ramses , realities , reas , rees , referees , reis , reprise , resignees , retirees , ruiz , rupees , schweiz , scorsese , seas , sease , sees , seese , seize , senegalese , siamese , sies , sinhalese , skees , sneeze , socrates , speas , spease , spees , spiess , sprees , squeeze , stds , stees , striptease , sudanese , sundays , taiwanese , talese , teas , tees , testes , these , thies , threes , trainees , trapeze , trease , trustees , tweeze , underseas , unease , vees , vries , wease , weese , wheeze , wiese , yeas , zeese , zeis