Meaning

Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems..

Definitions by Sense

1. Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
2. A fight or argument.
3. An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.
4. (transitive) To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
5. (transitive) To pick a fight or start an argument with.
6. (transitive) To work through something troublesome; to be bothered by.
7. (military, aviation, slang) To engage in a mock dogfight.
8. (Philippines) hassling; hasslesome

Example Sentences

I went through a lot of hassle to be the first to get a ticket.

The unlucky boy was hassled by a gang of troublemakers on his way home.

"Oh uncool bush! Unloose this passle Of furry cats that you hassle!"

If you don't want to hassle through converting formats, you'll have to stick with one program.

Likewise, “hassling”—mock dogfighting—was strictly forbidden, and so naturally young fighter jocks could hardly wait to go up in, say, a pair of F–100s and start the duel by making a pass at each other at 800 miles an hour, […]

If you were caught 'hassling,' as we called dogfighting, your career could end. The edict against dogfighting divided our squadron into three factions.

Word Forms

• hassles
• hassling
• hassled
• more hassle
• most hassle

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Use hassle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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