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Another word for harass

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Verb

  1. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides

      1. To seek to obtain by persuasion, entreaty, or formal application:
      2. To petition persistently; importune:
      3. To commit the criminal offense of enticing or inciting (another) to commit an illegal act.
      1. A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease; a pestilence.
      2. A virulent, infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (syn. Pasteurella pestis ) and is transmitted primarily by the bite of fleas from an infected rodent, especially a rat. In humans it occurs in bubonic form, marked by lymph node enlargement, and in pneumonic form, marked by infection of the lungs, and can progress to septicemia.
      3. A widespread affliction or calamity seen as divine retribution.
      1. To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
      1. To make an earnest request of (someone), especially insistently or repeatedly:
      2. To ask for (something) urgently or repeatedly.
      3. To annoy; vex.
      1. A domestic dog of any of various breeds commonly used for hunting, characteristically having drooping ears, a short coat, and a deep resonant voice.
      2. A dog.
      3. A contemptible person; a scoundrel.
      1. To disturb, distress, or exhaust by repeated demands or criticism; harass.
      2. To attack or raid, as in war:
      3. To force along, as by attacks or blows:
      1. To surround with hostile forces:
      2. To crowd around; hem in:
      3. To harass or overwhelm, as with requests:
      1. To attack from all sides.
      2. To trouble persistently; harass.
      3. To hem in; surround:
      1. To harass; beset:
      2. To surround with troops; besiege:
      1. To torment mercilessly; plague.
      2. To worry, annoy, or frustrate.
      3. To possess with or as if with a devil; bewitch.
      1. Any of several carnivorous burrowing mammals of the family Mustelidae, such as Meles meles of Eurasia or Taxidea taxus of North America, having short legs, long claws on the front feet, and a heavy grizzled coat.
      2. The fur or hair of any of these mammals.
      3. Any of several similar mammals, such as the ratel.
    See also:

    attack

  2. To disturb by repeated attacks

      1. To feel uneasy or concerned about something; be troubled.
      2. To seize something with the teeth and bite or tear repeatedly:
      3. To touch or handle something nervously or persistently:
      1. Great physical pain or mental anguish.
      2. A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
      3. The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.
      1. To make fun of (someone) playfully or taunt annoyingly:
      2. To say in a playful or mocking way:
      3. To provoke or irritate, as with physical movements:
      1. A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease; a pestilence.
      2. A virulent, infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (syn. Pasteurella pestis ) and is transmitted primarily by the bite of fleas from an infected rodent, especially a rat. In humans it occurs in bubonic form, marked by lymph node enlargement, and in pneumonic form, marked by infection of the lungs, and can progress to septicemia.
      3. A widespread affliction or calamity seen as divine retribution.
      1. To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
      1. To disturb, distress, or exhaust by repeated demands or criticism; harass.
      2. To attack or raid, as in war:
      3. To force along, as by attacks or blows:
      1. To attack from all sides.
      2. To trouble persistently; harass.
      3. To hem in; surround:
      1. To harass; beset:
      2. To surround with troops; besiege:
      1. To torment mercilessly; plague.
      2. To worry, annoy, or frustrate.
      3. To possess with or as if with a devil; bewitch.
      1. Food or other lure placed on a hook or in a trap and used in the taking of fish, birds, or other animals.
      2. Something, such as a worm, used for this purpose.
      3. An enticement, temptation, or provocation:
      1. To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
      2. To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.
    See also:

    pain

    feelings

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Another word for harass

Verb

  1. To annoy an individual

      1. To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
      2. To make sore or inflamed:
      3. To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).
      1. To irritate, bother, or frustrate:
      2. To cause perplexity in; baffle:
      3. To cause difficulty or trouble to:
      1. To make fun of (someone) playfully or taunt annoyingly:
      2. To say in a playful or mocking way:
      3. To provoke or irritate, as with physical movements:
    See also:

    bother

  2. To make small, persistent attacks

      1. A surprise attack by a small armed force.
      2. A sudden forcible entry into a place by police:
      3. An entrance into another's territory for the purpose of seizing goods or valuables.
      1. To disturb, distress, or exhaust by repeated demands or criticism; harass.
      2. To attack or raid, as in war:
      3. To force along, as by attacks or blows:
      1. To deprive of something valuable, especially by force; rob:
      2. To ruin, especially by destroying or removing what is valuable:
    See also:

    attack

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Sentence Examples

  • We'd better watch our step, and not give him any excuse to harass us further.

  • A strong detachment of Americans under General Charles Lee was sent forward to harass the enemy's rear and if possible cut off a portion of their long baggage train.

  • The Syrian general made fruitless attempts to capture them, and build forts in Judaea whose garrisons should harass Israel (r Macc. ix.

  • The Confederates, naturally anxious to harass the commerce of their enemies, endeavotired from the commencement of hostilities to purchase armed cruisers from builders of neutral nations.

  • This tradition, together with the advice of Alcibiades, led the Spartans to fortify Decelea as a basis for permanent occupation in Attica during the later years of the Peloponnesian War, from 413-404 B.C. Its position enabled them to harass the Athenians constantly, and to form a centre for fugitive slaves and other deserters.

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