chafed
- adjective
- /tʃeɪft/
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rozado
- He applied lotion to his chafed skin to relieve the discomfort after the long run.
Examples
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And like I got my collar popped just to avoid getting chafed by the rucksack.
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I knew how the hook hurt as it pulled, how it jabbed as I gnawed it; so when my fish began its last run and the pole slipped in my chafed and sweaty hands, I considered going with it over the side, letting my fish catch me.
Fiction book (1995) -
I feel a little chafed somewhere I can't see.
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After hours of hiking, my skin became chafed from the constant rubbing of my backpack.
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The athlete noticed his inner thighs were chafed after completing the marathon.
Synonyms
192
1.0
Having pain in a part of the body when touched
46
3.8
Painful red skin caused by rubbing or being hurt
24
3.4
Sore when touched or moved
1
7.9
Skin that is sore or raw from rubbing
Antonyms
How Sore
46
3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chafed comes from an old word calefacere that meant 'to make warm by rubbing', like when you rub your hands to get warm, and that image of rubbing stayed with the word. So, when skin is chafed it has been rubbed until it is sore and painful.