harass

ha·rass

 (hə-răs′, hăr′əs)

tr.v. ha·rassed, ha·rass·ing, ha·rass·es

1. To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.

2. To irritate or torment persistently: His mind was harassed by doubts and misgivings.

3. To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example).

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[French harasser, from Old French (a la) harache, (a la) harace (as in courre a la harache, to chase) : hare, call used to set dogs on (of Germanic origin; see ko- in Indo-European roots) + -ache, -ace, deprecative n. suff.]

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ha·rass′er n.

ha·rass′ment n.

Synonyms: harass, harry, hound, badger, pester, plague
These verbs mean to trouble persistently or incessantly. Harass and harry imply systematic persecution by besieging with repeated annoyances, threats, or demands: The landlord harassed the tenants who were behind in their rent. "John Adams and John Quincy Adams, pillars of personal rectitude, were harried throughout their presidencies by accusations of corruption, fraud, and abuses of power" (Alan Brinkley and Davis Dyer).
Hound suggests unrelenting pursuit to gain a desired end: Reporters hounded the celebrity for an interview. To badger is to nag or entreat persistently: The child badgered his parents for a new bicycle. To pester is to inflict a succession of petty annoyances: "How she would have pursued and pestered me with questions and surmises" (Charlotte Brontë).
Plague refers to a problem likened to a noxious disease: "As I have no estate, I am plagued with no tenants or stewards" (Henry Fielding).

Usage Note: The pronunciation of harass with stress on the first syllable (rhyming roughly with Paris) is the older, traditional pronunciation. The pronunciation with stress on the second syllable (rhyming roughly with surpass) is a newer pronunciation that first occurred in American English. Its use has steadily increased since the mid-1900s. In our 1987 survey, 50 percent of the Usage Panel preferred the pronunciation with stress on the first syllable, and 50 percent preferred stress on the second syllable. Fourteen years later, in our 2001 survey, preference for stress on the first syllable dropped to 30 percent while preference for stress on the second syllable rose to 70 percent. The results from our 2013 survey suggest that this trend away from the traditional pronunciation has continued: only 10 percent preferred the stress on the first syllable, whereas 90 percent preferred the pronunciation with the stress on the second syllable. In fact, in 2013, 35 percent of the Panel considered the pronunciation with the stress on the first syllable to be unacceptable. The original pronunciation has almost completely given way in only a few decades, at least in the United States.

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harass

(ˈhærəs; həˈræs)

vb

(tr) to trouble, torment, or confuse by continual persistent attacks, questions, etc

[C17: from French harasser, variant of Old French harer to set a dog on, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German harēn to cry out]

ˈharassed adj

ˈharassedly adv

haˈrasser n

ˈharassing adj, n

haˈrassingly adv

ˈharassment n

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ha•rass

(həˈræs, ˈhær əs)

v.t.

1. to disturb persistently; torment; pester; persecute.

2. to trouble by repeated attacks, incursions, etc., as in war; raid.

[1610–20; < French, Middle French harasser to harry, harass, v. derivative of harace, harache (in phrase courre a la harace pursue) =hare cry used to urge dogs on (< Frankish *hara here, from this side; compare Old High German hera, Middle Dutch hare) + -asse augmentative or pejorative suffix < Latin -ācea]

ha•rass′er, n.

pron: harass, a 17th-century French borrowing, has traditionally been pronounced (ˈhær əs) A newer pronunciation, (həˈræs) which has developed in North American but not British English, is sometimes criticized by older educated speakers. However, it is now the more common pronunciation among younger educated U.S. speakers, some of whom have only minimal familiarity with the older form. See also exquisite.

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harass

Past participle: harassed
Gerund: harassing

Imperative

harass

harass

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	harass - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke 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
	2.	harass - exhaust by attacking repeatedly; "harass the enemy" aggress, attack - take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack"

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harass

verb annoy, trouble, bother, worry, harry, disturb, devil (informal), plague, bait, hound, torment, hassle (informal), badger, persecute, exasperate, pester, vex, breathe down someone's neck, chivvy (Brit.), give someone grief (Brit. & S. African), be on your back (slang), beleaguer We are almost routinely harassed by the police.

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harass

verb

1. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides:

badger, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besiege, harry, hound, importune, pester, plague, solicit.

2. To disturb by repeated attacks:

annoy, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, harry, pester, plague, tease, torment, worry.

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Translations

يُضايَقيقوم بِهَجمات مُتَكَرِّرَه على العدو

napadattrápit

angribeforstyrrehærgeplage

belästigen

acosar

harcelertourmenter

gera tíîar skyndiárásirhrjá, angra stöîugt

assillareattaccare ripetutamenteinfastidireinquietareperseguitare

iškamuotasišvargintasneduoti ramybėspuldinėjimaspuldinėti

nelikt mierānokausēttraucēt

pinetrakassere

aralıksız saldırılarla taciz etmekrahatsız etmektaciz etmek

不断攻击使困扰

harass

[ˈhærəs] VT → acosar, hostigar (Mil) → hostilizar, hostigar

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harass

[ˈhærəs həˈræs] vt → harceler
to sexually harass sb → harceler qn sexuellement

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

harass

vt → belästigen; (= mess around) → schikanieren; (Mil) the enemy → Anschläge verüben auf (+acc), → immer wieder überfallen; don’t harass me → dräng or hetz (inf) → mich doch nicht so!; he sexually harassed her → er belästigte sie (sexuell); they eventually harassed him into resigning → sie setzten ihm so lange zu, bis er schließlich zurücktrat; the landlord was harassing me about the rent → der Hauswirt belästigte mich ständig wegen der Miete; a lot of these people are harassed by the police → viele dieser Leute werden ständig von der Polizei schikaniert; a salesman should never seem to harass a potential customer → ein Vertreter sollte einem potenziellen or potentiellen Kunden gegenüber niemals aufdringlich werden

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

harass

[ˈhærəs] vt (attack persistently) → tormentare; (trouble) → assillare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

harass

(ˈhӕrəs) , ((especially American) həˈras) verb

1. to annoy or trouble (a person) constantly or frequently. The children have been harassing me all morning. pla, lastig val يُضايَق измъчвам perseguir trápit belästigen forstyrre; plage παρενοχλώ acosar, hostigar; atormentar kimbutama, tülitama اذیت کردن ahdistella harceler לְהַצִיק परेशान करना dodijavati, muciti molesztál mengganggu hrjá, angra stöðugt infastidire うるさがらす 괴롭히다 neduoti ramybės nelikt mierā; traucēt mengganggu berkali-kali ergeren, moeilijkheden bezorgen, plagen, storenplage, trakassere, sjikaneredokuczać ځورول ، خوا بدي كول خفه كول importunar a necăji изводить trápiť, sužovať nadlegovati maltretirati plåga, besvära, trakassera รบกวน rahatsız etmek, taciz etmek 愛煩人 турбувати برابر پریشن اور ہراساں کرنا làm phiền 使困扰

2. to make frequent sudden attacks on (an enemy). The army was constantly harassed by groups of terrorists. teister يقوم بِهَجمات مُتَكَرِّرَه على العدو безпокоя постоянни нападения atacar napadat aufstören angribe; hærge παρενοχλώ, επιτίθεμαιhostilizar, hostigar korduvalt ründama حمله مكرر كردن بر vainota harceler לְהַטרִיד बार-बार आक्रमण करना napadati, dodijavati napadima zaklat mengganggu gera tíðar skyndiárásir infastidire 攻撃する 끊임없이 공격하다 puldinėti nokausēt menyerang berkali-kali plaagstoten uitdelen plage, overfalle nękać واروار حمله کول atacar a hărţui совершать нападки napadnúť napadati stalno napadati ansätta รังควาน aralıksız saldırılarla taciz etmek 不斷突擊(敵人) непокоїти دشمن پر اچانک حملہ کرنا quấy rối 不断攻击（敌人）

ˈharassed adjective

a harassed mother. oorspanne مُتَضايِق обезпокоена perturbado ztrápený verstört mishandlet ταλαιπωρημένος agobiado; atormentado; preocupado vaevatud عاجز ahdistunut tracasséמוטרד परेशान uznemiren, izmucen gondterhelt terganggu hrjáður; áreittur; kvalinn tormentato 悩み疲れた 시달린 iškamuotas, išvargintas nomocīts; novārdzis diganggu oleh berbagai-bagai masalah geërgerdforkavet, forpint, stresset znękany عاجز perturbado plic­ti­sit, sâcâit потерявший покой utrápený trpinčen maltretiran plågad, pinad, uttröttad ทำให้ลำบากใจ bezmiş, tedirgin 倍受煩擾的 стревожений ہراساں bị quấy rầy 烦恼的，厌烦的

ˈharassment noun

He complained of harassment by the police. teistering مُضايَقَه، مُلاحَقَه тормоз perseguição obtěžování, dotírání die Belästigung chikane παρενόχλησηacoso tülitamine اذیت ahdistelu harcèlementהטרדה परेशानी dodijavanje, uznemiravanje zaklatás gangguan áreitni molestia 悩まされること 괴롭히기, 희롱 varginimas, puldinėjimas nokausēšana; nomocīšana gangguan ergernis, pesterij trakassering, sjikane, plage nękanie ځورول perseguição hărţuire беспокоящие деиствия, травля obťažovanie nadlegovanje maltretiranje plågande, trakasseri ก่อความรำคาญ taciz etme 煩擾 переслідування, домагання ستانے کا عمل sự quấy rối 骚扰，烦恼，困扰

sexual harassmentsex

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harass

v. acosar, perturbar, hostigar, hostilizar.

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