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Synonyms for harassed
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : huh-ras, har-uhs |
Phonetic Transcription : həˈræs, ˈhær əs |
Top 10 synonyms for harassed Other synonyms for the word harassed
- annoy
- attack
- bait
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- bother
- bug
- bullyrag
- despoil
- devil
- distress
- disturb
- eat
- exasperate
- exhaust
- fatigue
- foray
- get to
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- gnaw
- harry
- irk
- irritate
- jerk around
- macerate
- maraud
- noodge
- pain
- perplex
- plague
- rattle one's cage
- ride
- strain
- stress
- tire
- trouble
- try
- vex
- weary
- work on
- worry
Définition of harassed
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
- Better, however, was death than to be thus hunted and harassed.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- For very early shall I leave this place; harassed and fatigued to death.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The man is simply crazy about you, and harassed to death with this ranch business.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- Clennam, harassed by more anxieties than one, was among this devoted band.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Here the infamous Tschauna harassed me and well-nigh put me to shame.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- His eyes had a harassed expression, but there was a gleam in them that set her heart beating.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- On the next day they harassed with their perquisitions all those who let lodgings.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
- But this was no sooner done than they began to be harassed by Gorgopas and the privateers again.
- Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
- I mean that you have harassed me and my men at every opportunity.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
- You were having your business worries and you were harassed and nervous.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
Antonyms for harassed
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