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TEASED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Feeling mild pleasurable excitement
Synonyms:
teased; titillated
Classified under:
Similar:
excited (in an aroused state)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb tease
Context examples:
This was the point—this was where the nerve was touched and teased—this was where the fever was sustained and fed: she could not charm him.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
She was teased by Mr. Collins, who continued most perseveringly by her side, and though he could not prevail on her to dance with him again, put it out of her power to dance with others.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The compliments of his neighbours were over; he was no longer teased by being wished joy of so sorrowful an event; and the wedding-cake, which had been a great distress to him, was all eat up.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Why, it seems only yesterday that I was buttoning Amy's pinafore, and pulling your hair when you teased.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
