NTUMC+ Open Multilingual Wordnet 0.9

00425905-n 'the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule)';

Czech	provokování , dráždění , zlobení , popichování , škádlení , utahování si z někoho
Chinese (simplified)	逗弄 , 挑逗 , 戏弄 , 取笑 , 嘲弄 , 玩笑
English	teasing ₁ ( ⊳ ) , tease ( ⊳ ⊳ ) , ribbing ( ⊳ ) , tantalization ( ⊳ )
Indonesian	ejek , usikan
Japanese	からかい , 嬲 , 揶揄 , 嬲り
Malaysian	ejek , usikan

Definitions

English: the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule)
provoking someone with persistent annoyances
― he ignored their teases; his ribbing was gentle but persistent
Japanese: ふざけて、または、悪意をもって（特に嘲笑によって）誰かを悩ます行為
だれかが絶え間なく苛立つようにさせること
― 彼は彼らのいじめを無視した; 彼の冷やかしは穏やかだったが、執拗だった

Relations

Hypernym:	harassment
Semantic Field:	act_n

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