S: (v) tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride (harass with persistent criticism or carping) "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
S: (adj) gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful (full of or showing high-spirited merriment) "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"