tease
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8.3
- noun
- /tiːz/
- Offensive
:
seductora
- That waitress from the Olive Garden, she was such a tease.
- call someone a tease
- a cock-tease
As my heart goes on is she's crying over a tease, but I'm out.
- As my heart goes on is she's crying over a tease, but I'm out.
- And she said, I presume this wasn't for me, but wow, what a tease.
Examples
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You little tease.
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Mabel was what we would call a tease; she knew how to attract attention from men without any intention of getting involved.
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How can you be such a tease?
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"Tell me, you little tease!"
Fiction book (1998) -
So is the girl who is a tease;
Blog text (24) -
"You're a tease," I told her when she next came to the office.
Fiction book (1998) -
She's always been a great tease.
Fiction book (1992) -
Mrs. Masry, don't be such a tease.
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She was the girl dancing on the table at the party, the tease with the gleam in her eye.
Fiction book (1997) -
She's a tease.
Synonyms
16
9.4
An attractive woman who playfully teases others to get attention
12
8.6
A woman who uses charm to attract and control people
3
9.8
A woman who flirts playfully to attract attention
1
9.9
A rude word for a person who shows sexual interest but refuses sex, often making others feel upset
1
8.6
A person who teases by showing something someone wants but not giving it
A woman who uses her charm to trick men into doing what she wants
Compounds
- Offensive
1
9.9
A rude word for a person who shows sexual interest but refuses sex, often making others feel upset
How Provocative
Surface Forms
Etymology
A tease used for a person who attracts attention but does not return it comes from the 'arouse desire' sense of the verb, where someone 'pulls' interest without giving it back. So calling someone a tease means they excite desire or hope but do not satisfy it, a use that can sometimes be unfair.