Antonyms for harassing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : huh-ras, har-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : həˈræs, ˈhær əs

Definition of harassing

Origin : 1610s, from French harasser "tire out, vex," possibly from Old French harer "set a dog on," and perhaps blended with Old French harier "to harry, draw, drag" [Barnhart]. Originally "to lay waste, devastate," sense of "distress" is from 1650s. Related: Harassed; harassing.

verb badger

Example sentences :

Peremptorily I dismissed these harassing and frightful doubts.
Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu

After all, Correy had no more than put into words some fears which had been harassing me.
Extract from : « Priestess of the Flame » by Sewell Peaslee Wright

To Hondscio then was that harassing deadly, his fall there was fated.
Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous

They are wandering about harassing villages, plundering, and making slaves.
Extract from : « In the Mahdi's Grasp » by George Manville Fenn

Toil was unknown; the toil that we know, menial, degrading and harassing.
Extract from : « Mizora: A Prophecy » by Mary E. Bradley

They are the tribe who have been harassing our frontier for the past ninety years.
Extract from : « Ben Comee » by M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan

It was for him a moment of deep and harassing emotion and keen anxiety.
Extract from : « The Martian » by George Du Maurier

The last moments were the most harassing and heartbreaking of all.
Extract from : « Poor Folk » by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

All this was occasioned by a harassing affair which I have had to do with here.
Extract from : « The Life of Friedrich Schiller » by Thomas Carlyle

All this must have been harassing, but it did serve to pass away the time.
Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome

Synonyms for harassing

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