chafed
past simple and past participle ofchafe
chafe
verb
uk/tʃeɪf/us/tʃeɪf/chafeverb(RUB)
[IorT]
to make orbecomedamagedorsorebyrubbing:
Thebraceletwas sotightthat itstartedto chafe (mywrist).
[T]old-fashioned
towarmapartof thebodybyrubbing
Scratching and rubbing
- abrade
- abrasion
- chafe
- erode
- grate
- graze
- key
- rasp
- rubsomethingdown
- rubdown
- scour
- scoursomethingout
- scrape
- scratch
- scratching
- smooth
- tickle
- wear
- wear(something)away
chafeverb(BE ANNOYED)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
to be orbecomeannoyedorlosepatiencebecause ofrulesorlimits:
We have been chafingunderpettyregulationsfor toolong.
Becoming angry and expressing anger
- (almost) burst a blood vesselidiom
- ape
- ballistic
- bananas
- bay for bloodidiom
- blow
- chip
- fulminating
- fume
- get bent out of shapeidiom
- getyourknickers in a twistidiom
- givesomeoneevilsidiom
- postal
- sharp
- stew
- storm
- temper
- tempered
- tempers get frayedidiom
- turn inyourgraveidiom
Idiom
be chafing at the bit
Examplesofchafed
chafed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
For some time the congress hadchafedunder what it perceived as the president's excessive powers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
More and more, both churchmen and philosopherschafedirritably with early medieval practices of text setting.
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Married women, despite their legal position as dependants, similarlychafedat being treated as children rather than as rational adults.
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Otherschafedat the way a restrictive statute intruded upon the individual's freedom to construct a life according to private dictates rather than the requirements of the state.
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He neverchafednor fretted after the fashion of smaller men.
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This was customary among some canoeists, who found that the jacketchafedand hampered movement if it was worn over the shoulders.
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Ichafedagainst that very often, and without much success.
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But it had been so hard that it hadchafedher daughter's shoulders.
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I have wanted to get something done, and havechafedat the long delay and the great expense in having to listen to every conceivable kind of objector.
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Hechafedsomewhat under military discipline in the battalion, and actually left school for a short while because of this.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Burchfield was an unflagging advocate for the virtues of watercolors, andchafedat the popular misconception of them as fragile and impermanent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In a related case, several other inmates described the way in which the handcuffs burned andchafedtheir skin during their placement on the post.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If it had been suspended by the shoulders, its weight would have likely exhausted (andchafed) its wearer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Though compliant, hechafedand built up a grudge that he would never relinquish.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Army commanderschafedat what they took to be inadequate and incompetent government support of military efforts to end the rebellion.
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