harass

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Pronunciation

• (America) enPR hərăsʹ, IPA: /həˈɹæs/, /ˈhæɹəs/
• (RP) enPR hăʹrəs, IPA: /ˈhæɹəs/, /həˈɹæs/

Verb

harass (harasses, present participle harassing; past and past participle harassed)

1. To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts.
2. To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest.
   • 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 23

     In my old home, I always knew that John and my master were my friends; but here, although in many ways I was well treated, I had no friend. York might have known, and very likely did know, how that rein harassed me; but I suppose he took it as a matter of course that could not be helped; at any rate nothing was done to relieve me.

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

   To harass good people is no different than speaking ill of them.

Synonyms

• hassle
• harry
• chivy or chivvy
• chevy or chevvy
• beset
• plague
• molest
• provoke

Translations

• French: fatiguer
• Italian: stancare, indebolire
• Portuguese: assediar
• Russian: утомля́ть
• Spanish: acosar

Translations

• French: harceler
• German: belästigen
• Italian: molestare, vessare, tormentare, infastidire, importunare
• Portuguese: molestar, incomodar, assediar
• Russian: досажда́ть

Translations

• French: harceler
• German: verfolgen
• Italian: assillare, incalzare, tartassare

Noun

harass

1. (obsolete) devastation; waste
2. (obsolete) worry; harassment

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