chafe

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Heat excited by friction.
2. (countable, uncountable)Injury or wear caused by friction.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

   “Like a wylde Bull, that, being at a bay, / Is bayted of a mastiffe and a hound / […] That in his chauffe he digs the trampled ground / And threats his horns […]”

   “When we returned we found the poor prisoner in a terrible chafe with the sentinel for detaining him, for the guard had been true to his trust.”

verb

1. (transitive)To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
2. (figuratively, transitive)To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
3. (transitive)To fret and wear by rubbing.

   “to chafe a cable”

4. (intransitive)To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

   “the troubled Tiber chafing with her shores”

   “[Gitche Manito] Breathed upon the neighbouring forest, / Made its great boughs chafe together, / Till in flame they burst and kindled; […]”

5. (intransitive)To be worn by rubbing.

   “A cable chafes.”

6. (figuratively, intransitive)To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.

   “He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter.”

   “Many local politicians chafed under the restrictions of Guided Democracy[…]”

   “As Meta has spent billions to bring in A.I. talent, some members of the old guard have chafed at the new hires, three people with knowledge of the matter said.”