harass

Speech parts

1. harass - Noun

2. harass - Verb

Meaning

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.

Devastation; waste.

Worry; harassment.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

plague molest chevy harry vex trouble distress worry provoke disturb beset torment irritate tease annoy
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Antonyms

sentinel energize mollify flabbergast engorge let-alone
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Hypernyms

vex attack rag nettle devil gravel

Hyponyms

dun rag needle haze torment frustrate

Phrases with the word

to harass sexually harass harass with fire

Derivatives

harassed harassing

Anagrams

hassar

Examples

Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. Samuel Johnson

People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs. Alexei Sayle

The enemy advances, we retreat. The enemy camps, we harass. The enemy tires, we attack. The enemy retreats, we pursue.. Mao Zedong

Philosophers conceive of the passions which harass us as vices into which men fall by their own fault, and, therefore, generally deride, bewail, or blame them, or execrate them, if they wish to seem unusually pious. Baruch Spinoza

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them? Horace

All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?' Manal al-Sharif

Close letter words and terms

Harare Harari haras harassable harassed harassedly