teasing
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7.0
- adjective
- /ˈtiːzɪŋ/
- Offensive
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provocador
- The actress had a teasing manner that captivated the audience.
Examples
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What Doctor Who character do you think of when I describe this: "She is a beautiful, smart, teasing, flirty, confident woman who can do things the Doctor can't."
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The beautiful, smart, teasing, flirty, confident woman.
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You want to do some of that teasing, some of that sensual arousing.
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"She is a beautiful, smart, teasing, flirty, confident woman who can do things the Doctor can't."
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So Amy, Sally, and River (and now Oswin) are all "beautiful, smart, teasing, flirty, confident" women?
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So it's flirting, it's teasing, it's groping someone's butt, it's like they're being a sexual undertone to your interactions with each other.
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She wore a teasing outfit that left little to the imagination.
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His teasing smile suggested he knew more than he was letting on.
Synonyms
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3.5
Playful or romantic behavior that shows interest in someone
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3.5
Playful behaviour to show romantic or sexual interest
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6.7
Playful way of acting that shows romantic or sexual interest in another person
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9.5
Playful behavior to attract someone in a romantic way
A quality that makes people feel sexual interest
Playful teasing that tries to attract sexual attention
Playful behavior, like smiling and teasing, that tries to attract romantic interest
Looking at someone in a rude, sexual way that makes them feel uncomfortable
Antonyms
How Seductive
- NSFW
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5.5
- NSFW
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7.2
- Offensive
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7.0
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5.3
- Offensive
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6.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Teasing comes from tease, which originally meant 'to pull' or 'to provoke'. A helpful way to remember the sexual sense is to think of a 'teasing' look as a small, exciting 'pull' that hints at desire without promise.