chafe

/tʃeɪf/ verb

Translation

FEEL ANGRY [I] › to feel angry because of rules and limits

kural ve sınırlamalara kızmak, rahatsızlık duymak

He chafed against/at the narrow academic approach of his school.2417

RUB [I, T] › to make part of the body painful by rubbing, or to become painful because of being rubbed

kaşıyarak acıtmak, tahriş etmek

1970

(Definition of chafe verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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