teasing
adj 1: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a
somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence
Durrell [syn: {mocking}, {quizzical}]
2: arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it; "her
lazy teasing smile"
3: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm
on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is
particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it
galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay";
"nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of
pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a
teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious
child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
[syn: {annoying}, {bothersome}, {galling}, {irritating}, {nettlesome},
{pesky}, {pestering}, {pestiferous}, {plaguy}, {plaguey},
{vexatious}, {vexing}]
n 1: the act of teasing; provoking someone with persistent
annoyances [syn: {tease}]
2: playful vexation; "the parody was just a form of teasing"
3: the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb [syn:
{comb-out}]