tease Copy link • tease: obtundo, tŭdi, tūsum or tunsum, 3 (to annoy with importunity): to t. any one with long letters, o. aliquem longis epistolis, Cic. Att. 8, 1, extr.: don't t. me any more about this matter, ne me obtundas de hac re saepius, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 33: v. worry, harass.