Synonyms for harassment
həˈræs mənt, ˈhær əs-ha·rass·ment

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1. harassmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   torment, molestation

2. harassmentnoun

   Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.

   Synonyms:
   torment, molestation

3. harassmentnoun

   Deliberate pestering or annoying.

   Synonyms:
   torment, molestation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. harassment, tormentnoun

   a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented

   "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"

   Synonyms:
   badgering, worrying, molestation, torture, anguish, bedevilment, agony, curse, torment

2. harassment, molestationnoun

   the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism

   Synonyms:
   molestation, torment

Matched Categories

1. • Annoyance
   • Mistreatment

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1. List of paraphrases for "harassment":

   bullying, harassed, mobbing, stalking, anti-harassment, intimidation, persecution, nuisance, badgering, harassing, molestation, disturbance

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How to use harassment in a sentence?

1. Senator Edward Markey:

   The Chinese government's use of' exit bans' is a gross violation of international human rights norms, cynthia and Victor Liu are two promising young people have had their lives put on hold while being forced to remain in a country where they face regular surveillance, harassment, and threats from Chinese authorities.

2. Charlie Rose:

   I was thinking, ‘Is this really happening?’ No wonder people do not take sexual harassment seriously. He was treated like a king!

3. Alison Johnson:

   As part of this process, we thought a lot about the way that power dynamics can contribute to sexual harassment, we wanted to emphasize that the central characteristic of any relationship between a professor and an undergraduate in the College should be pedagogical.

4. Benny Wenda:

   West Papua is a militarized zone. People's everyday life is colored by harassment and intimidation at the hands of security forces.

5. Chuck Schumer:

   I understand those who are outraged at the hypocrisy of this President when he complains about bullying, harassment and nastiness when it's used against him or his allies and he uses it as a regular tool every day, but the President's tactics and behavior should never be emulated. It should be repudiated by organized, well-informed and passionate advocacy.