Harass

Word HARASS
Character 6
Hyphenation har ass
Pronunciations /həˈɹæs/

Definitions and meanings of "Harass"

What do we mean by harass?

To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate. transitive verb

To irritate or torment persistently. transitive verb

To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example). transitive verb

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.

Harassment. noun

Devastation; waste. noun

Worry; harassment. noun

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. transitive verb

To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts. verb

To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest. verb

To put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties. verb

Devastation; waste noun

Worry; harassment noun

Annoy continually or chronically verb

Exhaust by attacking repeatedly verb

Devastation; waste

Worry; harassment

Synonyms and Antonyms for Harass

The word "harass" in example sentences

After the fight that we didn't get to see with Bumblebee because we were forced to see a robotic gremlin harass 2 annoying kids, Barricade disappeared from the film. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I might also be said to be intending to "harass" -- who knows, given how vague the term is? ❋ Matt Johnston (2009)

February 10th, 2010 at 6: 09 pm by the time you’re harassing Pomona College students, the only more inoffensive and unlikely Americans left to harass is a senior citizens’ yoga group. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Anyway, Myles wins the thread – by the time you’re harassing Pomona College students, the only more inoffensive and unlikely Americans left to harass is a senior citizens’ yoga group. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Day to day, though, censorship is less about dissuading the truly motivated (though, if it can make them easy to detect and harass, that is a plus) and more about preventing the casual from becoming motivated. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They think our money is spent paying officers to "harass" the hunting public or pick up dead deer along the highways. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Would that more foreigners would "harass" people in this way in Taiwan. ❋ Michael Turton (2006)

Despite the frequency with which I use the verb "harass," I think this entry should've been entitled "Hassle Hasbro." ❋ Cheryl (2005)

Another opposition deputy singled out by Mugabe, Mike Auret, said there was nothing that Mugabe could "harass" him for. ❋ Unknown (2000)

Immigration officials in the Transkei region were on a new campaign to "harass" expatriate teachers who had no work permits, a delegation of Indian nationals claimed in Umtata at the weekend. ❋ Unknown (1997)

I know how disposed as a race we are to wilt, to lose heart, and complain, in the glare of new exhibitions of prejudice, such as harass us in our native Virginia, and our brethren in other parts of the country. ❋ Daniel Wallace [Editor] Culp (N/A)

Because of the good citizens who pay the tab; we try to keep the streets safe for them, and they pay us to "harass" some people. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dr. Warren Hern says people regularly "harass" patients who visit the Boulder Abortion Clinic, prompting him to increase security measures. ❋ Associated Press (2010)

The law under which they were charged says it is illegal for inmates to "harass" corrections staff by causing or attempting to cause "employees to come in contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine or feces by throwing or expelling such fluid or material." ❋ Unknown (2010)

A lie, actually, unless you steal the ice cream or commit some other crime while doing so, and are here illegally, in which case, you have every reason to expect the federal government Obama heads to "harass" you as well. ❋ Amy Ridenour (2010)

Bowersock said he thinks the city is singling him out and using selective enforcement of property codes to "harass" him. ❋ Bob Blake (2010)

Threat of indefinite wheel jam looms today threatened to call an indefinite strike if the administration continues to "harass" drivers of ❋ Unknown (2010)

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