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Definition of teasing : of Tease

Synonyms:

pestilential, irritative, comb-out, irritable, twitting, mocking, jeering, petulant, peevish, quizzical, testy, plaguey, questioning, tantalization, ribbing, nettlesome, vexer, tickling, prickteaser, dirty, disagreeable, tantalizing, corruptive, perversive, peckish, gibing, tetchy, fractious, galling, gibelike, provoking, pesky, annoyer, kidding, playful, vamp, scratchy, plaguy, taunting, vexatious, teaser, techy, exciting, coquette, pestilent, minx, maddening, seductive, painful, tease, flirt, derisive, pettish, pestiferous, cranky, vamper

inflaming, bedeviling, bothersome, aggravating, disturbing, pestering, grating, badgering, exasperating, harassing, arousing, irksome, troublesome, rankling, baiting, enraging, peeving, upsetting, needling, chafing, perturbing, nagging, tormenting, harrying, exacerbating, envenoming, infuriating, antagonizing, troubling, discomposing

fretting, acerbating, irritating, hassling, irking, piquing, annoying, bothering, vexing

Usage examples:

• I think his friends keep teasing him, and then he can't get on with his book in the least. - "Helena Brett's Career", Desmond Coke.
• He regarded the boy with just a suggestion of teasing admonition, and said, " Hold still now." - "Si'Wren of the Patriarchs", Roland Cheney.
• She was not sleeping well; and, lying awake, she could see his face very distinct before her closed eyes- its teasing, lazy smile, its sudden intent gravity. - "Beyond", John Galsworthy.