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chafesome en · ADJ

Etymology

From chafe + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by chafing
   • People who were nice to her deserved to be rewarded. Debbie Diaz was told "Thank you for coming," and that chafesome little brat Pablo De La Fuente ran a lap around the auditorium with his arms outstretched, making airplane noises, [...] 2005, Adam Langer, Crossing California:
   • And that didn't even bag me a telly, obliging me to make my own fun by impregnating the room with the stench of sweat and crap, a stench supplied for the moment by Shinto's saddle and the thick blanket that protected him from its more chafesome straps. 2014, Tim Moore, Travels with My Donkey:

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