Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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teasing

UK /ˈtiːz.ɪŋ/ · US /ˈtiz.ɪŋ/ noun, adjective

Also a form of tease

Forms teasings

  1. noun The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously, especially by ridicule; provoking someone with persistent annoyances; making fun of, making light of someone. “Teasing can be seen as a kind of workplace abuse.”
  2. noun The act of removing tangles from one's hair with a comb. “The teasing of her curls took nearly an hour with the fine-tooth comb.”
  3. adjective Playfully vexing, especially by ridicule. “The children exchanged teasing remarks during recess.”
  4. adjective Arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it. “The actress gave him a teasing glance before walking away.”
  5. adjective Causing irritation or annoyance. “The teasing itch from the mosquito bite drove her crazy.”

Synonyms

quizzery ribbing tantalization tease comb-out mocking quizzical annoying bothersome galling irritating nettlesome pesky pestering pestiferous plaguey plaguy vexatious vexing

Etymology

From tease + -ing.

Sources: Wiktionary — from the Wiktionary entry “teasing”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “teasing” (best matches first).