Synonyms for harass
həˈræs, ˈhær əs; ˈhær əs; həˈræsha·rass

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1. harassverb

   Synonyms:
   chivvy, chivy, harry, hassle, molest, provoke, beset, plague, chevvy, chevy

2. harassverb

   To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts.

   Synonyms:
   chivy, plague, provoke, molest, chivvy, beset, chevy, chevvy, hassle, harry

3. harassverb

   To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest.

   Synonyms:
   plague, beset, provoke, chivy, molest, chevy, harry, chivvy, hassle, chevvy

4. harassverb

   To put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties.

   Nazis and their sympathizers harassed Jews and Gypsies in the early 1940s.

   Synonyms:
   chivvy, chevvy, hassle, provoke, chevy, beset, molest, plague, harry, chivy

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1. harass

   To tire is to reduce strength in any degree by exertion; one may be tired just enough to make rest pleasant, or even unconsciously tired, becoming aware of the fact only when he ceases the exertion; or, on the other hand, he may be, according to the common phrase, "too tired to stir;" but for this extreme condition the stronger words are commonly used. One who is fatigued suffers from a conscious and painful lack of strength as the result of some overtaxing; an invalid may be fatigued with very slight exertion; when one is wearied, the painful lack of strength is the result of long-continued demand or strain; one is exhausted when the strain has been so severe and continuous as utterly to consume the strength, so that further exertion is for the time impossible. One is fagged by drudgery; he is jaded by incessant repetition of the same act until it becomes increasingly difficult or well-nigh impossible; as, a horse is jaded by a long and unbroken journey.

   Synonyms:
   exhaust, fag, fatigue, jade, tire, wear out, weary

   Antonyms:
   invigorate, recreate, refresh, relax, relieve, repose, rest, restore

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1. harass

   Synonyms:
   weary, annoy, fatigue, jade, tease, irritate, chafe, molest, worry, vex, harrow, pester, tora, ent, tire, perplex, distress

   Antonyms:
   refresh, comfort, solace, relieve, soothe, animate, inspirit

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1. harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provokeverb

   annoy continually or chronically

   "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

   Synonyms:
   stimulate, harry, kick up, beset, provoke, hassle, set upon, chevy, chivy, kindle, arouse, enkindle, evoke, call forth, molest, elicit, incrust, encrust, chivvy, ravage, chevvy, plague, blight, fire, raise

2. harassverb

   exhaust by attacking repeatedly

   "harass the enemy"

   Synonyms:
   chevvy, molest, hassle, chivy, plague, provoke, chevy, beset, harry, chivvy

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1. • Attack

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1. harassverb

   Synonyms:
   fatigue, tire, weary, fag, jade, exhaust, tire out, KNOCK UP

2. harassverb

   Synonyms:
   vex, plague, worry, tease, distress, trouble, molest, disturb, harry, drive from pillar to post

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1. harassverb

   Synonyms:
   fatigue, tire, weary, annoy, vex, torment, perplex, distress, persecute, worry, bother

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1. List of paraphrases for "harass":

   badger, stalk, hassle

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How to use harass in a sentence?

1. Charley Wilkison:

   CLEAT has no sympathy for those who seek to harass and interfere with police officers while they’re doing their jobs.

2. Elbert Hubbard:

   A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other... until death do them join.

3. Indian Stats:

   Train movement through lockdown has been suspended only to further harass and oppress the poor population.

4. Jeffrey Tambor:

   Playing Maura Pfefferman on ‘Transparent’ has been one of the greatest privileges and creative experiences of my life, what has become clear over the past weeks, however, is that this is no longer the job I signed up for four years ago. I’ve already made clear my deep regret if any action of mine was ever misinterpreted by anyone as being aggressive, but the idea that I would deliberately harass anyone is simply and utterly untrue.

5. Jim Campbell:

   We hope that the state is done going along with obvious efforts to harass Jack, he shouldnt be driven out of business just because some people disagree with his religious beliefs and his desire to live consistently with them.