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Synonyms for harass
həˈræs, ˈhær əs; ˈhær əs; həˈræsha·rass
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Wiktionary
harassverb
Synonyms:
chivvy, chivy, harry, hassle, molest, provoke, beset, plague, chevvy, chevyharassverb
To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts.
Synonyms:
chivy, plague, provoke, molest, chivvy, beset, chevy, chevvy, hassle, harryharassverb
To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest.
Synonyms:
plague, beset, provoke, chivy, molest, chevy, harry, chivvy, hassle, chevvyharassverb
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
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, wearyAntonyms:
invigorate, recreate, refresh, relax, relieve, repose, rest, restore
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Princeton's WordNet
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, raiseharassverb
exhaust by attacking repeatedly
"harass the enemy"
Synonyms:
chevvy, molest, hassle, chivy, plague, provoke, chevy, beset, harry, chivvy
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#960 | fire | |
#2373 | harry | |
#3551 | raise | |
#5005 | worry | |
#5450 | ent | |
#6587 | tire | |
#7393 | exhaust | |
#9204 | chevy | |
#9715 | jade | |
#10055 | fatigue | |
#12207 | hassle | |
#12669 | distress | |
#12747 | stimulate | |
#15784 | plague | |
#16228 | badger | |
#17420 | tease | |
#19799 | weary | |
#20785 | annoy | |
#21676 | harrow | |
#26899 | provoke | |
#27286 | stalk | |
#27794 | blight | |
#29479 | elicit | |
#29834 | evoke | |
#31267 | fag | |
#34128 | harass | |
#39068 | tora | |
#43132 | arouse | |
#46693 | beset | |
#47688 | irritate | |
#54523 | vex | |
#71611 | kindle | |
#79641 | ravage | |
#85386 | molest | |
#90108 | pester | |
#90291 | chafe | |
#95211 | perplex |
How to use harass in a sentence?
Violations are usually the result of things like tourists wanting to get a good, close picture with a seal or a thrill-seeker trying to get a rush, but it’s really frustrating when you see people harass these animals.
Mr. Spitzer is a private citizen whom various people seek to harass for money or attention, now it appears that a lawyer is making absurd allegations against law enforcement. Mr. Spitzer has been fully cooperative with law enforcement and has the highest respect for their integrity and fairness.
To include me in a lawsuit for which I had no involvement in crafting, vetting or passing is an example of targeting a law enforcement leader for the sake of sensationalization, there are 15 Sheriff's and 50-100 police chiefs in Republican Arizona. The ACLU listed my name only as a tactic to harass and target me.
The issues we deal with are usually from someone who may be wanting to make a name for themselves and tries to harass or in some way antagonize an outlaw motorcycle gang member.
Police officers will stop you and then get you arrested. Extort money from you and begin to call you names, that is not what the law talks about. They tend to harass.
Translations for harass
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- مArabic
- জ্বালাতন করাBengali
- fastiguejar, vexar, molestarCatalan, Valencian
- belästigen, verfolgenGerman
- kiusata, vainota, hätyyttää, väsyttää, uuvuttaaFinnish
- harcelerFrench
- sàraichScottish Gaelic
- stancare, indebolire, infastidire, tormentare, tartassare, vessare, incalzare, molestare, assillareItalian
- prześladować, dręczyć, nękać, gnębićPolish
- molestar, incomodarPortuguese
- утомлять, изнурять, беспокоить, досаждатьRussian
- hoder, tourmeter, peler, soyî, nåjhi, scrandiWalloon
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