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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