(~s, chafing, ~d)
1.
If your skin ~s or is ~d by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.
My shorts were chafing my thighs...
His wrists began to ~ against the cloth strips binding them...
The messenger bent and scratched at his knee where the strapping ~d.
VERB: V n, V against n, V
2.
If you ~ at something such as a restriction, you feel annoyed about it. (FORMAL)
He had ~d at having to take orders from another...
He was chafing under the company’s new ownership.
VERB: no passive, V at/under/against n/-ing, V at/under/against n/-ing