chafe at



chafe at something

Fig. to be irritated or annoyed at something. Jane chafed at the criticism for a long time afterward. Jerry chafed for a while at what Ken had said.
See also: chafe

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Almas-Arabic
Peti-Hungarian
Lita-English
Rhianonhri-AN-ahnWelsh
JÖRgen-Swedish
Prateek-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali