n. Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.
n. Deliberate pestering or annoying.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of harassing, or the state of being harassed; vexation; that which harasses or vexes.
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n. the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
n. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
Word Usage
"Of particular concern is the expansion of the term harassment to include “harassment by communication,” which means a person can be convicted on the basis of spoken words alone.19"