cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
soreness and warmth caused by friction; "he had a nasty chafe on his knee" warm by rubbing, as with the hands tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck" feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation" become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
If you chafe at something such as a restriction, you feel annoyed about it. He had chafed at having to take orders from another He was chafing under the company's new ownership
If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it. My shorts were chafing my thighs His wrists began to chafe against the cloth strips binding them The messenger bent and scratched at his knee where the strapping chafed