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- Dictionaryha·rass/həˈras/
verb
- 1. subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation: "being harassed at work can leave you feeling confused and helpless" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of HARASS is exhaust, fatigue. How to use harass in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Harass.
HARASS definition: 1. to continue to annoy or upset someone over a period of time: 2. to continue to annoy or upset…. Learn more.
When you harass someone, you bother them to the point of exhaustion. It’s not that each attack is so severe, it’s the constant small attacks that wear someone out. If you harass your boss for a raise, you might end up getting fired instead!
Harass definition: to disturb or bother persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; pester. See examples of HARASS used in a sentence.
to trouble by repeated attacks, incursions, etc., as in war or hostilities; harry; raid. SYNONYMS 1. badger, vex, plague, hector torture. See worry. 2. molest. USAGE harass, a 17th-century French borrowing, has traditionally been pronounced (ˈhærəs), with stress on the first syllable.
HARASS meaning: 1 : to annoy or bother (someone) in a constant or repeated way; 2 : to make repeated attacks against (an enemy)
Harass definition: To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.
1. To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate. 2. To irritate or torment persistently: His mind was harassed by doubts and misgivings. 3. To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example).
verb. /ˈhærəs/, /həˈræs/ /həˈræs/, /ˈhærəs/ Verb Forms. [often passive] to annoy or worry somebody by putting pressure on them or saying or doing unpleasant things to them. be harassed (by somebody) He has complained of being harassed by the police. She claims she has been sexually harassed at work. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
harass definition: to continue to annoy or upset someone over a period of time: . Learn more.
