teasing

Adjective

• causing irritation or annoyance
  • tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
    
  • aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
    
  • found it galling to have to ask permission
    
  • an irritating delay
    
  • nettlesome paperwork
    
  • a pesky mosquito
    
  • swarms of pestering gnats
    
  • a plaguey newfangled safety catch
    
  • a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
    
  • a vexatious child
    
  • it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
    

• arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it
  • her lazy teasing smile
    

• playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)
  • his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air- Lawrence Durrell
    

Noun

• the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb

• playful vexation
  • the parody was just a form of teasing
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  mocking , quizzical , comb-out , tease , ribbing , tantalization