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tease
To cut (tissue, for example) into pieces for examination.
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  1. To cut (tissue, for example) into pieces for examination.
  2. To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out :
  3. To provoke or irritate, as with physical movements:
vex
To give trouble to, esp. in a petty or nagging way; disturb, annoy, irritate, etc.
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  1. To give trouble to, esp. in a petty or nagging way; disturb, annoy, irritate, etc.
  2. To keep bringing up, going over, or returning to (a matter difficult to solve)
  3. To cause perplexity in; baffle:
irritate
(Physiology) To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).
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  1. (Physiology) To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).
  2. To cause someone to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
  3. To be a cause of impatience or anger.
despoil
To deprive of something of value by or as by force; rob; plunder
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  1. To deprive of something of value by or as by force; rob; plunder
  2. To ruin, especially by destroying or removing what is valuable:
  3. To deprive of something valuable, especially by force; rob:
harry
To force along, as by attacks or blows:
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  1. To force along, as by attacks or blows:
  2. To disturb, distress, or exhaust by repeated demands or criticism; harass.
  3. To raid, esp. repeatedly, and ravage or rob; pillage; plunder
raid
To make a raid or raids (on)
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  1. To make a raid or raids (on)
  2. To conduct a raid or participate in one.
badger
To annoy or harass persistently; pester; nag
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  1. To annoy or harass persistently; pester; nag
  2. To ask or nag (someone) about something in an annoying and persistent way; pester:
bedevil
To confuse completely; muddle
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  1. To confuse completely; muddle
  2. To possess as with a devil; bewitch
  3. To plague diabolically; torment; harass
beleaguer
To surround with troops; besiege:
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  1. To surround with troops; besiege:
  2. To vex, harass, or beset.
  3. To beset, as with difficulties; harass
beset
To trouble persistently; harass.
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  1. To trouble persistently; harass.
  2. To attack from all sides; harass or besiege
  3. To cover or set thickly with; stud
besiege
(Figuratively) To beleaguer, lay siege to, beset.
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  1. (Figuratively) To beleaguer, lay siege to, beset.
  2. To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
  3. To crowd around; hem in:
harry
To batter or buffet. Used of the wind or storms:
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  1. To batter or buffet. Used of the wind or storms:
  2. To disturb, distress, or exhaust by repeated demands or criticism; harass.
  3. To raid, esp. repeatedly, and ravage or rob; pillage; plunder
hound
To hunt or chase with or as with hounds; chase or follow continually; nag
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  1. To hunt or chase with or as with hounds; chase or follow continually; nag
  2. To pressure or force from a place or situation:
  3. To make repeated demands of or subject to persistent criticism:
importune
(Archaic) To ask for (something) urgently or repeatedly.
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  1. (Archaic) To ask for (something) urgently or repeatedly.
  2. To plead or urge irksomely, often persistently.
  3. To trouble with requests or demands; urge or entreat persistently or repeatedly
pester
To bother, harass or annoy persistently.
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  1. To bother, harass or annoy persistently.
  2. To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
  3. To annoy constantly or repeatedly with petty irritations; bother; vex
plague
To be a widespread or continuous problem or defect in:
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  1. To be a widespread or continuous problem or defect in:
  2. An often fatal disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted to humans usually by fleas that have bitten infected rats or other rodents. &diamf3; Bubonic plague , the most common type, is characterized by the tender, swollen lymph nodes called buboes, fever, clotting abnormalities of the blood, and tissue necrosis. An epidemic of bubonic plague in fourteenth-century Europe and Asia was known as the Black Death.
  3. To afflict with a plague
solicit
To approach for some immoral purpose, as a prostitute does
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  1. To approach for some immoral purpose, as a prostitute does
  2. To seek to obtain by persuasion, entreaty, or formal application:
  3. To approach or accost (a person) with an offer of sex in exchange for payment.
annoy
To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
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  1. To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
  2. To be annoying
  3. To harm by repeated attacks; harry; molest
bait
(Archaic) To feed (animals) during a break in a journey
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  1. (Archaic) To feed (animals) during a break in a journey
  2. To set attacking dogs against
  3. To entice or provoke, especially by trickery or strategy:
bedevil
To plague diabolically; torment; harass
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  1. To plague diabolically; torment; harass
  2. To spoil; ruin.
  3. To worry, annoy, or frustrate.
beleaguer
To vex, harass, or beset.
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  1. To vex, harass, or beset.
  2. To beset, as with difficulties; harass
  3. To harass; beset:
beset
To attack from all sides; harass or besiege
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  1. To attack from all sides; harass or besiege
  2. To cover or set thickly with; stud
  3. To trouble persistently; harass.
harry
To raid, esp. repeatedly, and ravage or rob; pillage; plunder
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  1. To raid, esp. repeatedly, and ravage or rob; pillage; plunder
  2. To disturb, distress, or exhaust by repeated demands or criticism; harass.
  3. To torment or worry; harass
pester
To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
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  1. To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
  2. To annoy constantly or repeatedly with petty irritations; bother; vex
  3. To bother, harass or annoy persistently.
plague
To afflict with a plague
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  1. To afflict with a plague
  2. An often fatal disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted to humans usually by fleas that have bitten infected rats or other rodents. &diamf3; Bubonic plague , the most common type, is characterized by the tender, swollen lymph nodes called buboes, fever, clotting abnormalities of the blood, and tissue necrosis. An epidemic of bubonic plague in fourteenth-century Europe and Asia was known as the Black Death.
  3. To vex; harass; trouble; torment
tease
To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out :
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  1. To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out :
  2. To urge persistently; coax:
  3. To say in a playful or mocking way:
torment
To annoy, pester, or harass:
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  1. To annoy, pester, or harass:
  2. To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish.
  3. To annoy, harass, or tease
worry
To bother or annoy, as with petty complaints.
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  1. To bother or annoy, as with petty complaints.
  2. To annoy, bother, harass, vex, etc.
  3. To touch or handle something nervously or persistently:
Find another word for harass. In this page you can discover 33 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for harass, like: tease, vex, irritate, despoil, harry, raid, bother, attack, badger, bedevil and beleaguer.

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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