Harass

Verb

 * 1) To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts
 * 2) To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest
 * 3) to put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties
 * 4) * Nazis and their sympathizers harassed Jews and Gypsies in the early 1940s.

Adverbs for Harass
consistently; grievously; ceaselessly; perpetually; maddeningly; irksomely; irritatingly; exasperatingly; incessantly.

Synonyms for Harass
hassle, harry, chivy or chivvy, chevy or chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke, annoy, vex, irritate, tantalize, taunt, exasperate, exacerbate, worry, pester, fret, tease, agitate, ruffle, rouse, excite, anger, inflame, enrage, incense, chafe, nettle, trouble, embarrass, twit, torment, jeer, deride, revile, ridicule, defame, vilify, traduce, calumniate, sneer, disconcert, infuriate, arouse, delude.

Antonyms for Harass
cheer, encourage, aid, help, assist, advise.

Derived terms

 * harasser
 * harassment

Thesaurus
abuse, afflict, aggravate, aggrieve, ail, annoy, badger, bait, be at, be the matter, beat, bedevil, befoul, beleaguer, beset, besiege, bewitch, blight, blockade, bludgeon, bluster, bluster out of, bother, bristle, browbeat, brown off, bug, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, burn out, burn up, chevy, chivy, complicate matters, concern, condemn, corrupt, cow, crucify, curse, damage, debilitate, defile, demoralize, deprave, despoil, destroy, devil, disadvantage, discommode, discompose, disserve, distemper, distress, disturb, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do in, do up, do wrong, do wrong by, dog, doom, dragoon, encircle, encompass, enervate, envelop, envenom, exasperate, exercise, exhaust, fag, fag out, fash, fatigue, flag, foray, frazzle, fret, get, get into trouble, gnaw, gripe, harm, harry, haunt, heckle, hector, hex, hound, huff, hunt, hurt, impair, inconvenience, infect, injure, intimidate, invest, irk, irritate, jade, jinx, knock out, knock up, lay siege to, maltreat, maraud, menace, miff, mistreat, molest, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, oppress, outrage, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, pain, peeve, perplex, persecute, perturb, pester, pick at, pick on, pique, plague, play havoc with, play hob with, pluck the beard, poison, pollute, poop, poop out, pother, prejudice, prostrate, provoke, pursue, put out, put to it, puzzle, ride, rile, roil, ruffle, savage, scathe, soften up, strain, stress, surround, systematically terrorize, taint, tease, terrorize, threaten, tire, tire out, tire to death, torment, torture, trouble, try, try the patience, tucker, tweak the nose, use up, vex, victimize, violate, weaken, wear, wear down, wear on, wear out, weary, wilt, wind, worry, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong

Etymology
< harasser:. Origin uncertain; compare harier:; see harry;  compare, harace:, harace:, harasse:.

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/h@"r{s/}}
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Translations

 * Bengali:
 * Finnish: väsyttää, uuvuttaa
 * Italian: ,


 * Russian: утомлять,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sàraich


 * Bengali:
 * Finnish: kiusata, hätyyttää
 * French:
 * German:


 * Italian:, ,  ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sàraich


 * Finnish: vainota
 * French:
 * German:


 * Italian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sàraich