Chafe - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com To chafe is to irritate or annoy If your shoes chafe you, they rub your skin raw Ouch If you chafe at the suggestion that you should be studying more, the suggestion rubs you the wrong way
Chafed - definition of chafed by The Free Dictionary 1 To cause irritation by rubbing or friction: The high collar chafed against my neck 2 To become worn or sore from rubbing or friction: His skin chafed where the cast had been 3 To feel irritated or impatient: They chafed at the delay The reporters chafed under the new restrictions
chafe - WordReference. com Dictionary of English to be irritated or annoyed: He chafed at their constant interruptions Idioms chafe at the bit, to become impatient at delay: The work was going very slowly, and he began to chafe at the bit