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WordNet: teasing
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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
  Synonyms: tease, ribbing

Meaning #2: playful vexation

Meaning #3: the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
  Synonym: comb-out


The adjective teasing has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)
  Synonyms: mocking, quizzical

Meaning #2: arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it

Meaning #3: causing irritation or annoyance
  Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, vexatious, vexing


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