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Definitions for Harass

[1] to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
[2] to trouble by repeated attacks, incursions, etc., as in war or hostilities; harry; raid.
[3] (tr) to trouble, torment, or confuse by continual persistent attacks, questions, etc

Words related to Harass

burn, raid, tease, intimidate, pester, torment, persecute, heckle, hassle, hound, maraud, bait, distress, exhaust, strain, vex, foray, worry, devil, tire

Words nearby Harass

harangue, harappa, harappan, harar, harare, harass, harassment, harbin, harbinger, harbinger-of-spring, harbona

Origin of Harass

1610–20; < French, Middle French harasser to harry, harass, verbal derivative of harace, harache (in phrase courre a la harace pursue), equivalent to hare cry used to urge dogs on (< Frankish *hara here, from this side; compare Old High German hera, Middle Dutch hare ) + -asse augmentative or pejorative suffix < Latin -ācea

Other words from Harass

ha·rass·a·ble , adjective
ha·rass·er , noun
ha·rass·ing·ly , adverb
ha·rass·ment , noun
o·ver·har·ass , verb (used with object)
un·ha·rassed , adjective

Word origin for Harass

C17: from French harasser, variant of Old French harer to set a dog on, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German harēn to cry out

Synonyms for Harass

burn, hassle, heckle, hound, intimidate, persecute, pester, raid, tease, torment, annoy, attack, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, bug, bullyrag, despoil, devil, distress, disturb, eat, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, foray, gnaw, harry, irk, irritate, macerate, maraud, pain, perplex, plague, ride, strain, stress, tire, trouble, try, vex, weary, worry, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, jerk around, noodge, rattle one's cage, work on