Definitions For Chafe

noun

  • Anger produced by some annoying irritation
  • Soreness and warmth caused by friction

verb

  • Warm by rubbing, as with the hands
  • Cause friction
  • Tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
  • Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
  • Feel extreme irritation or anger
  • Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
  • To become irritated or annoyed : to feel impatient
  • To cause soreness or damage by rubbing against something (such as your skin)
  • To become sore or damaged from rubbing

Is Chafe a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
13

The word Chafe is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Chafe in a Sentence

  • When the strap is too tight, it chafes the baby's skin.
  • If my boots aren't laced up tight they chafe.
  • The baby's skin will chafe if the strap is too tight.

Synonyms for Chafe

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