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Harass Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Harass?
[v] challenge aggressively
[v] annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked" [v] annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" [v] cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union" Synonyms | Synonyms for Harass: badger | beleaguer | beset | bug | chevvy | chevy | chivvy | chivy | harry | hassle | heckle | molest | oppress | persecute | pester | plague | provoke | tease Related Terms | Find terms related to Harass: abuse | afflict | aggravate | aggrieve | ail | annoy | badger | bait | be at | be the matter | beat | bedevil | befoul | beleaguer | beset | besiege | bewitch | blight | blockade | bludgeon | bluster | bluster out of | bother | bristle | browbeat | brown off | bug | bulldoze | bully | bullyrag | burn out | burn up | chevy | chivy | complicate matters | concern | condemn | corrupt | cow | crucify | curse | damage | debilitate | defile | demoralize | deprave | despoil | destroy | devil | disadvantage | discommode | discompose | disserve | distemper | distress | disturb | do a mischief | do evil | do ill | do in | do up | do wrong | do wrong by | dog | doom | dragoon | encircle | encompass | enervate | envelop | envenom | exasperate | exercise | exhaust | fag | fag out | fash | fatigue | flag | foray | frazzle | fret | get | get into trouble | gnaw | gripe | harm | harry | haunt | heckle | hector | hex | hound | huff | hunt | hurt | impair | inconvenience | infect | injure | intimidate | invest | irk | irritate | jade | jinx | knock out | knock up | lay siege to | maltreat | maraud | menace | miff | mistreat | molest | nag | needle | nettle | nudzh | oppress | outrage | overfatigue | overstrain | overtire | overweary | pain | peeve | perplex | persecute | perturb | pester | pick at | pick on | pique | plague | play havoc with | play hob with | pluck the beard | poison | pollute | poop | poop out | pother | prejudice | prostrate | provoke | pursue | put out | put to it | puzzle | ride | rile | roil | ruffle | savage | scathe | soften up | strain | stress | surround | systematically terrorize | taint | tease | terrorize | threaten | tire | tire out | tire to death | torment | torture | trouble | try | try the patience | tucker | tweak the nose | use up | vex | victimize | violate | weaken | wear | wear down | wear on | wear out | weary | wilt | wind | worry | wound | wreak havoc on | wrong See Also | annoy | bedevil | bedevil | bother | break up | chafe | crucify | crucify | cut off | devil | disrupt | dun | dun | frustrate | frustrate | get at | get to | goad | gravel | haze | interrupt | irritate | nark | needle | nettle | purge | rag | rag | rile | torment | torment | vex Harass In Webster's Dictionary \Har"ass\ (h[a^]r"as), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harassed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Harassing}.] [F. harasser; cf. OF. harace a
basket made of cords, harace, harasse,a very heavy and large
shield; or harer to set (a dog) on.]
To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts;
esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause
to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes
followed by out.
[Troops] harassed with a long and wearisome march.
--Bacon.
Nature oppressed and harass'd out with care. --Addison.
Vext with lawyers and harass'd with debt. --Tennyson.
Syn: To weary; jade; tire; perplex; distress; tease; worry;
disquiet; chafe; gall; annoy; irritate; plague; vex;
molest; trouble; disturb; torment.
\Har"ass\, n. 1. Devastation; waste. [Obs.] --Milton. 2. Worry; harassment. [R.] --Byron. |
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