Lolita vs. Tease — What's the Difference?

Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a French middle-aged literature professor under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert, is obsessed with an American 12-year-old girl, Dolores Haze, whom he sexually molests after he becomes her stepfather.

Make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way

A sexually precocious girl.

Gently pull or comb (tangled wool, hair, etc.) into separate strands

A young girl who is sexually alluring.

A person who makes fun of someone playfully or unkindly

(fashion) A follower of Lolita fashion.

An act of teasing someone

A sexually precocious young girl

To make fun of (someone) playfully or taunt annoyingly

To say in a playful or mocking way

To provoke or irritate, as with physical movements

To arouse sexual desire in (someone) deliberately with no intention of having sex.

To urge persistently; coax

To disentangle and dress the fibers of (wool, for example).

To ruffle (the hair) by combing from the ends toward the scalp for an airy, full effect.

To raise the nap of (cloth) by dressing, as with a fuller's teasel.

To cut (tissue, for example) into pieces for examination.

To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out

To annoy or make fun of someone persistently

An act of teasing, especially a playfully mocking remark

A person who makes fun of or annoys others, as with playful or taunting remarks.

A flirtatious person.

(transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).

(transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.

(transitive) To backcomb.

(transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately.

(transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.

(transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.

(transitive) To entice, tempt.

To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.

One who teases.

A single act of teasing.

One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.

To comb or card, as wool or flax.

To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.

To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.

To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague.

One who teases or plagues.

Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances;

Annoy persistently;

Harass with persistent criticism or carping;

To arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them;

Tear into pieces;

Raise the nap of (fabrics)

Disentangle and raise the fibers of;

Separate the fibers of;

Mock or make fun of playfully;

Ruffle (one's hair) by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect