Antonyms for chaffed


Grammar : Verb
Spell : chaf, chahf
Phonetic Transcription : tʃæf, tʃɑf


Definition of chaffed

Origin :
  • "husks," Old English ceaf "chaff," probably from Proto-Germanic *kaf- "to gnaw, chew" (cf. Middle Dutch and Dutch kaf, German Kaff), from PIE root *gep(h)- "jaw, mouth" (see jowl (n.1)). Used figuratively for "worthless material" from late 14c.
  • verb joke, ridicule
Example sentences :
  • He felt that she was chaffing him, and he did not want to be chaffed by her.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • He chaffed Margaret too, and Margaret roused from a grave meditation was pleased and chaffed him back.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • He chaffed his father and even Anne, and left Lydia out, to her own pain.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • I mentioned it at the Club, and when old Charley turned up he was chaffed by the others.
  • Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
  • In the company of his fellows he was either neglected or chaffed.
  • Extract from : « Tales Of Hearsay » by Joseph Conrad
  • "Go get out your car, Darling; I want to beat you," chaffed the next in line.
  • Extract from : « The Flying Mercury » by Eleanor M. Ingram
  • Ribiera chaffed him jovially on the way to the flying field.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • Long years afterwards he used to be chaffed about it, and stood it very badly.
  • Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman
  • Well, you're not the first man who has chaffed me about that.
  • Extract from : « The Doctor of Pimlico » by William Le Queux
  • "I shall get chaffed about this if it comes out," she said regretfully.
  • Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Synonyms for chaffed

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