harass
Meaning
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- To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.
- To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.
- To put excessive burdens upon (someone); to subject (someone) to anxieties.
- To trouble (someone, or a group of people) through repeated military-style attacks.
- (obsolete) Often followed by out: to fatigue or tire (someone) with exhausting and repeated efforts.
Synonyms
cause trouble
chevvy
make anxious
crack down on
grate on
intrude on
jar on
keep after
press hard
shoo off
inflict pain
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ha‧rass
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhæɹəs/
Etymology
In summary
The verb is derived from Middle French, Old French harasser (“to exhaust, tire out, wear out; to harry, torment, vex”) (modern French harasser (“to exhaust, tire out, wear out”)), possibly from Old French harer (“to set a dog on”), from Frankish *hara (“here, hither”) (a command for a dog to attack), from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r (“here, in this place”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here; this”) + *ís (“the (person or thing just named)”) + *-r. The noun is derived from the verb.
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