Harass

Quick meaning: Harass is a verb meaning To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.

Meaning

To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.

More Meanings

1. To put excessive burdens upon (someone); to subject (someone) to anxieties.
2. To trouble (someone, or a group of people) through repeated military-style attacks.
3. (obsolete) Often followed by out: to fatigue or tire (someone) with exhausting and repeated efforts.
4. (archaic) Harassment; pestering.

Example Sentences

To harass good people is no different than speaking ill of them.

He, who harasseth his household, shall inherit the wind; / And the fool shall be the servant of the wise in heart.

Scottie, a precocious 10-year old,^([sic]) wears provocatively sloganed T-shirts and harasses her peers by text message.

For it is a stout calf, ripe for the temples and altar [to be sacrificed], and to be sprinkled with wine; who is now ashamed to draw the dugs of his mother, and who harasseth the oaks with his budding horn.

Word Forms

• harasses
• harassing
• harassed

Synonyms for harass

Depending on context, synonyms include beleaguer, beset, chevy, harry, molest, plague.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pester, provoke, molest, hassle, heckle, oppress.

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