Usage examples (37)

• Verb (used with object) : He chafed his shoes on the rocks. ,Her collar chafed her neck. ,The dripping of the faucet chafed her nerves....
• Verb (used without object) : His neck began to chafe from the starched collar. ,The horse chafed against his stall. ,He chafed at their constant...
• In 1882, Mark Twain chafed at the expense of sending large manuscripts through the mail, a hardship remedied these days by digital files.
• I found the academy to have a lot of extra rules and regulations, and it kind of chafed me.