chafe
verb (used with object)
to wear or abrade by rubbing.
am chafing
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present progressiveof chafe (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You can imagine how I am chafing over it.”
From In the Whirl of the Rising by Bertram Mitford
I ought to be as gay and joyful as everyone else to-day, whereas the fact is that I am chafing over my own petty troubles.
From The Red Thumb Mark by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
