hassle

Meaning

Noun

1. Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
2. A fight or argument.
3. An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.

Verb

1. To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
2. To pick a fight or start an argument with.
3. To work through something troublesome; to be bothered by.
4. (slang) To engage in a mock dogfight.

Adj

hassling; hasslesome

Synonyms

trouble

bother

annoy

harass

difficulty

molest

irritate

fuss

inconvenience

beset

harry

snag

pester

plague

encumber

tussle

provoke

disturb

rough-and-tumble

torment

hinder

hamper

scuffle

vex

ail

hitch

problem

quarrel

annoyance

chevy

chivvy

chivy

afflict

struggle

tease

chevvy

dogfight

drag

melee

bug

🐛

gall

gallimaufry

get

get to

hasten

headache

hound

incense

infest

inflict

infuriate

interfere with

interrupt

intricacy

irk

irritation

joust

accost

knead

mess

mess-up

muddle

muss

nag

niggle

obstacle

perturb

rankle

riot

scabrousness

scrap

scrape

severity

smite

spat

strife

tangle

weigh

worry

cockup

dog’s breakfast

kina

pettifoggery

toea

conflict

shame

dog’s dinner

eat on

biffo

jumble

aggravate

aggravation

arduousness

argument

badger

🦡

battle

beleaguer

besiege

bind

blackguard

botheration

brawl

bullyrag

bushwhacking

chagrin

challenge

clutter

combat

complexify

complexity

complicacy

contest

devil

disadvantage

disarrange

disarray

discommode

donnybrook

drawback

duel

dun

eat

🍽️

enrage

entanglement

ferret

fight

fray

free-for-all

fret

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhæsl̩/

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from US Southern dialectal hassle (“to pant, breathe noisily”), possibly from haste + -le (frequentative suffix).