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- Dictionaryhound/hound/
noun
- 1. a dog of a breed used for hunting, especially one able to track by scent.
verb
- 1. harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly: "his opponents used the allegations to hound him out of office" Similar Opposite
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to chase someone or to refuse to leave someone alone, especially because you want to get something from them: The reporters wouldn't stop hounding her. Synonym. harass. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing feelings of anger and displeasure. aggravate. aggrieve. alienate. anger. annoy. bend. go too far idiom. goat. grate.
The meaning of HOUND is dog. How to use hound in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Hound.
to chase someone or to refuse to leave someone alone, especially because you want to get something from them: The reporters wouldn't stop hounding her. Synonym. harass. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing feelings of anger and displeasure. aggravate. aggrieve. alienate. anger. annoy. bend. go too far idiom. goat. grate.
a. To make repeated demands of or subject to persistent criticism: Her parents hounded her until she agreed to look for a better job. See Synonyms at harass. b. To pressure or force from a place or situation: accusations that hounded him out of office. [Middle English, from Old English hund; see kwon- in Indo-European roots .] hound′er n.
to chase someone or to refuse to leave someone alone, especially because you want to get something from them: The reporters wouldn't stop hounding her. Synonym. harass. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Phrasal verb. hound someone out.
verb. /haʊnd/ Verb Forms. Phrasal Verbs. hound somebody to keep following somebody and not leave them alone, especially in order to get something from them or ask them questions synonym harass. They were hounded day and night by the press. The travellers say the police are hounding them. Extra Examples. Word Origin.
verb. Simple past tense and past participle of hound. Wiktionary. Synonyms: badgered. bedevilled. beleaguered. beset. besieged. importuned. pestered. plagued. solicited. harassed. harried. bullyragged. hectored. heckled. taunted. Hounded Sentence Examples. It is hounded on the N.E.
an unpleasant, mean, or despicable person. a man who chases women; a promiscuous man. Informal. an ardent fan or devotee: an autograph hound. one of the pursuers in the game of hare and hounds. verb (used with object) to hunt or track with hounds, or as a hound does; pursue. Synonyms: tail, trail, chase, follow, dog.
to keep following someone and not leave them alone, especially in order to get something from them or ask them questions synonym harass They were hounded day and night by the press. The street vendors say the police are hounding them.
If someone is hounded out of a job or place, they are forced to leave it, often because other people are constantly criticizing them. There is a general view around that he has been hounded out of office by the press.
