Harass

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To irritate or torment persistently.
  • v. To wear out; exhaust.
  • v. To impede and exhaust (an enemy) by repeated attacks or raids.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts.
  • v. To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest.
  • v. To put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties.
  • n. devastation; waste
  • n. worry; harassment
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. 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.
  • n. Devastation; waste.
  • n. Worry; harassment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fatigue or tire out, as with annoying labor, care, importunity, enforced watchfulness, misfortune, etc.; distress by perplexity; wear out, as with toil.
  • Milit.: To annoy by repeated attacks; keep constantly on the defensive.
  • To lay waste or desolate; raid.
  • To rub or scrape.
  • Synonyms Distress, etc. (see afflict); to jade, disturb, exhaust, fag. See trouble.
  • n. Harassment.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. annoy continually or chronically
  • v. exhaust by attacking repeatedly
  • Antonym
    comfort    protect   
    Verb Form
    harassed    harasses    harassing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aggress    attack   
    Form
    harassment    harasser   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    disquiet    vex    gall    plague    jade    chafe    perplex    molest    disturb    tire   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsace    Cass    Glass    Grass    Grasse    Jas    Mass    Mass.    Nass    Pass   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts