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Definitions for Harassed
[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 Harassed
harassburn, raid, tease, intimidate, pester, torment, persecute, heckle, hassle, hound, maraud, bait, distress, exhaust, strain, vex, foray, worry, devil, tire
Words nearby Harassed
harassharangue, harappa, harappan, harar, harare, harass, harassment, harbin, harbinger, harbinger-of-spring, harbona
Origin of Harassed
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 Harassed
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 Harassed
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 Harassed
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