has·sle (h s  l) Informal n. 1. An argument or a fight. 2. Trouble; bother. v. has·sled, has·sling, has·sles v.intr. To argue or fight: customers hassling with merchants over high prices. v.tr. To bother or harass: street gangs hassling passersby. [Origin unknown.] Word History: It is difficult to believe that there were no hassles before 1945, the year in which the noun hassle is first recorded in English. The origins of this word might be considered a hassle for the etymologist. An English dialect word, hassle, meaning "to hack at, cut with a blunt knife and with a sawing motion," is recorded at the end of the 19th century. A Southern dialect word, hassle, "to pant, breathe heavily," is also a possible source. A more popular notion has been that hassle is a blend, but here again we have a hassle. Three separate possibilities have been proposed, a combination of harass and hustle, haggle and tussle, and haggle and wrestle. Given all these possibilities, it is clear why words such as hassle end up with the etymology "origin unknown." |
hassle [ˈhæsəl] Informal
n
1. a prolonged argument; wrangle
2. a great deal of trouble; difficulty; nuisance
vb
1. (intr) to quarrel or wrangle
2. (tr) to cause annoyance or trouble to (someone); harass
[of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  hassle - an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"disturbance, perturbation - activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption; "the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset"; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function" |
| 2. |  hassle - disorderly fighting | |
| Verb | 1. | hassle - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" needle, goad - goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get to - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" bedevil, dun, rag, torment, frustrate, crucify - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" haze - harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions |
hassle (Informal)
noun
trouble, problem, difficulty, upset, bother, grief (informal), trial, struggle, uphill (S. African), inconvenience I don't think it's worth the money or the hassle.
Translations
hassle [ˈhæsl]
hassle [ˈhæsəl]
n (= fuss) → histoire f, histoires fpl
It was a lot of hassle → C'était toute une histoire.
Washing is a real hassle in a house with one cold tap → C'est toujours toute une histoire de laver le linge dans une maison qui n'a qu'un robinet d'eau froide.
Weddings are so much hassle that you need a break afterwards to recover → Les mariages sont de telles histoires qu'il faut toujours prendre des petites vacances pour récuperer.
it's not worth the hassle → ça n'en vaut pas la peine
to avoid the hassle of doing sth → ne pas s'embêter > à faire qch
I don't want the hassle of having to persuade him → Je ne veux pas m'embêter > à devoir le convaincre. hassle-free
It was a lot of hassle → C'était toute une histoire.
Washing is a real hassle in a house with one cold tap → C'est toujours toute une histoire de laver le linge dans une maison qui n'a qu'un robinet d'eau froide.
Weddings are so much hassle that you need a break afterwards to recover → Les mariages sont de telles histoires qu'il faut toujours prendre des petites vacances pour récuperer.
it's not worth the hassle → ça n'en vaut pas la peine
to avoid the hassle of doing sth → ne pas s'embêter > à faire qch
I don't want the hassle of having to persuade him → Je ne veux pas m'embêter > à devoir le convaincre. hassle-free
hassle (inf)
n → Auseinandersetzung f; (= bother, trouble) → Mühe f, → Theater nt (inf); we had a real hassle getting these tickets for tonight → es war ein richtiges Theater (inf) → or es hat uns (dat) → viel Mühe gemacht, diese Karten für heute Abend zu bekommen; getting there is such a hassle → es ist so umständlich, dorthin zu kommen; commuting is a bit of a hassle → Pendeln ist etwas lästig; it’s too much hassle cooking for myself → es ist mir zu umständlich or mühsam, für mich allein zu kochen; don’t worry, it’s no hassle! → keine Sorge, es macht keine Mühe or Umstände!; legal hassles → Anwaltskram m (inf); don’t give me any hassle → mach kein Theater (inf); it’s not worth the hassle → es ist die ganze Mühe or das ganze Theater (inf) → nicht wert
vt
(= mess around) → schikanieren
(= keep on at) → bedrängen; keep hassling them till they pay → bleib ihnen auf den Fersen, bis sie bezahlen; stop hassling me → lass mich in Ruhe!; I’m feeling a bit hassled → ich fühle mich etwas im Stress (inf) → or unter Druck; she gets easily hassled → sie lässt sich leicht unter Druck setzen; he was always being hassled for money → man wollte ständig Geld von ihm
vi keep hassling → bleib ihm/ihnen etc auf den Fersen; in a job like this you have to be prepared to hassle → in diesem Job muss man (anderen) Dampf machen können
n hassle [ˈhӕsl]
1 trouble or fuss It's such a hassle to get to work on time: Travelling with children is such a hassle. gesukkel, beslommernis مَتاعِب أو إزْعاج проблем potíž besvær; mas die Mühe μπελάς jaleo, follón tülin زحمت hässäkkä histoire טִרדָה परेशानियां muka, gnjavaža macera kerepotan vandræði, umstang, vesen problema 騒動 골치 아픈 일 vargas, bėda grūtības; mokas susah zware onderneming, bezoeking stress, mas og kjas kłopot, problem problema chin, aventură морока ťažkosť peripetija gnjavaža krångel การทะเลาะ sıkıntı, güçlük, dert 困擾或麻煩 метушня کوفت điều rắc rối 混乱
2 a fight or argument I got into a bit of a hassle with a couple of thugs. russie, twis جِدال ، خِصام кавга hádka, spor strid; diskussion die Scherereien (pl.) καβγάς pelea, bronca, discusión, riña tüli, nägelus کشمکش؛ درگیری riita bagarre קְטָטָה तर्क sukob, svada vita pertengkaran rifrildi battibecco けんか 싸움, 말다툼 susivaidijimas, susipešimas ķīviņš; strīds pertengkaran opstootje krangel, trette bijatyka, sprzeczka disputa ciorovăială перебранка hádka sitnost prepirka käbbel, kontrovers, kurr การทะเลาะ tartışma, çekişme 爭吵 бійка جھگڑا sự cãi cọ 激战
v
1 to argue or fight It seemed pointless to hassle over such a small matter. stry, rusie maak met يُجادِل، يُخاصِم карам се hádat se diskutere; strides sich beunruhigen καβγαδίζω pelearse, discutir, reñir nägelema مشاجره كردن riidellä (se) chamailler לְהָצִיק तर्क करना svadati se vitatkozik bertengkar rífast, þræta discutere けんかする 말다툼하다, 싸우다 vaidytis, peštis ķīvēties; strīdēties bertengkar bekvechten krangle, trette kłócić się discutir a (se) certa ссориться hádať sa prepirati se prepirati se käbbla, dividera, slåss รบกวน tartışmak 爭吵 сваритися جھگڑا کرنا cãi cọ 争论
2 to annoy (a person) I don't like people hassling me. treiter, pla يُزْعِج، يُضايِق дразня otravovat genere belästigen ενοχλώ molestar, fastidiar kiusama اذيت كردن kiusata embêter לְטַרטֵר परेशान करना gnjaviti, muciti zaklat mengganggu ergja infastidire 悩ます 괴롭히다 kvaršinti galvą, neduoti ramybės piesieties; piekasīties (kādam) mengganggu iemand ergeren, iemand lastig vallen plage obrażać aborrecer a bate la cap докучать otravovať delati sitnosti gnjaviti trakassera รบกวน huzurunu kaçırmak 叨擾 набридати تنگ کرنا quấy rối; làm phiền 使烦恼
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