Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: chafed
IPA transcription: [tʃ'eɪft]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: chafed, galled
    Meaning: painful from having the skin abraded
Usage examples
  • "Your memory must be conveniently short," chafed the master.
  • And since he was not a fool he realized the falling off and chafed against it and wondered why it was.
  • The young nobles, of whom there were many, were volunteers, who had paid their own expenses in expectation of a golden harvest, and they chafed in impatience and disgust.
  • "Did you expect it would be as a merchant, or a banker, or perhaps as secretary to one of her majesty's ministers--or that I was a gentleman at large, living on my fortune?" retorted Richard Hare, in a tone of chafed anguish, painful to hear.