| noun | a small piece of cloth or paper |
| noun | a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities |
| noun | music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) |
| noun | newspaper with half-size pages |
| noun | a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) |
| verb | treat cruelly “The children tormented the stuttering teacher” |
| verb | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations “Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me” |
| verb | play in ragtime “rag that old tune” |
| verb | harass with persistent criticism or carping “The children teased the new teacher” |
| verb | censure severely or angrily “The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car” |
| verb | break into lumps before sorting “rag ore” |
| shred | verb | tear into shreds |
| rag | verb | play in ragtime |
| torment | noun | the act of harassing someone |
| tormenter | noun | someone who torments |
| tormentor | noun | someone who torments |
| bedevilment | noun | the act of harassing someone |
| crucifixion | noun | the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering |
| frustration | noun | a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized |
| annoyer | noun | someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) |
| annoyance | noun | the act of troubling or annoying someone |
| botheration | noun | the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed |
| bother | noun | something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness |
| irritation | noun | the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed |
| irritant | noun | something that causes irritation and annoyance |
| vexation | noun | the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed |
| vexer | noun | someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) |
| devilment | noun | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
| deviltry | noun | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
| devilry | noun | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
| rag | noun | music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) |
| tease | noun | the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances |
| teaser | noun | someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) |
| teasing | noun | the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances |
| razzing | noun | a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt |
| tantalizer | noun | someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach |
| Tantalus | noun | (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it |
| tantalization | noun | the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances |
| tantaliser | noun | someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach |
| taunting | noun | aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing |
| taunt | noun | aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing |
| twit | noun | aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing |
| rebuker | noun | someone who finds fault or imputes blame |
| rebuke | noun | an act or expression of criticism and censure |
| reproof | noun | an act or expression of criticism and censure |
| lecture | noun | a lengthy rebuke |
| reprimand | noun | an act or expression of criticism and censure |
| scolder | noun | someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault |
| scolding | noun | rebuking a person harshly |
| chiding | noun | rebuking a person harshly |