to chafe
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6.8
- verb
- /tʃeɪf/
:
molestarse por
- I know for me, I have a tendency to dislike constraints and chafe against them even if they are in my best interests.
He'd always be kind of itching at it and it would chafe him.
- He'd always be kind of itching at it and it would chafe him.
- Mao chafes under Stalin's acknowledged leadership of international communism as a movement.
Examples
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Were she to read it, she would chafe or laugh at my description.
Fiction book (1997) -
I chafed at your authority.
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And some people chafe and are not happy with it.
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Some U.S. firms will chafe at efforts that might help competitors in the developing world.
Academic text (2010) -
That's what they thought they had was their liberty, and they had chafed under the studio system.
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Despite winning seats, Indians chafed under their exclusion from control over English-language films.
Academic text (2005) -
I understand the frustration of those who've been chafing under the restrictions, the sacrifices they've made.
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Young and middle-aged Iranians—96 percent of the population—chafe at the restrictions and often defy them.
Academic text (2002) -
Many employees chafe at the new dress code regulations, feeling they limit their personal expression.
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She began to chafe under the constant scrutiny of her supervisor, who seemed to doubt her abilities.
Synonyms
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7.4
Show sudden anger or annoyance because of something someone says
Antonyms
How Irritated
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Chafe comes from the Latin calefacere meaning 'to make warm', where the idea of constant rubbing moved into feelings of discomfort. So to chafe at a rule or limit is to feel annoyed or restricted, as if the situation is rubbing you the wrong way.