English > harass: 2 senses > verb 1, emotion| Meaning | annoy continually or chronically. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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| Example | "This man harasses his female co-workers" |
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| Synonyms | hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke |
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| Narrower | haze | harass by imposing / imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions |
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| needle, goad | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism |
| torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate | treat cruelly |
| Broader | annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil | Cause annoyance in |
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| Catalan | irritar, molestar |
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| Spanish | irritar, molestar |
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| Nouns | harasser | a persistent tormentor |
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| harassment | the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks / attacks and criticism |