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Definition of harass in English: harassverb həˈrasˈharəs [with object]1Subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation. being harassed at work can leave you feeling confused and helpless Example sentencesExamples - Both harass the unemployed, pressuring them further into exploitative employment.
- A local woman had seized Wang, 47, whom she said was following girl students and sexually harassing them.
- Many of the girls pointed out that the boys should realise that harassing a girl will end up having negative consequences for them too.
- The girl had been harassed for dowry by her in-laws since her marriage two years ago, but this year they had become particularly cruel towards her.
- We have seen thugs, employed by powerful people, intimidating and harassing journalists.
- Researchers are harassed, and pressured against distributing their work.
- Dr. Das Dasgupta said that women are pressured and harassed by husbands demanding that their wives give birth to boys.
- I wouldn't drop the subject though, and harassed him all the way down to his locker and out the school's front door.
- A pensioner who was harassed by aggressive beggars in Swindon town centre has backed a campaign to stop vagrants pestering shoppers for cash.
- But will they be able to keep themselves away from the culture of intimidating and harassing their oppositions?
- In last year's presidential elections, the main opposition candidate - a Hutu - was harassed, his supporters intimidated and ballot stuffing was rife.
- He was pressured and harassed all day, making his fourth quarter performance all the more impressive.
- First, until 1965, African-Americans were harassed and intimidated at the polls by whites and it was LEGAL.
- It would assume that anyone who says they don't own a car at all is lying and it would harass them continually with aggressive letters and vague threats.
- A 33-year-old man who harassed a teenage girl and her family has lost an appeal against his conviction.
- In the past, there have been reports that this day is used by boys to harass girls in some north Indian cities like Jaipur, much as they would do during Holi.
- Ms. O'Neill, the sexual-health educator, says she frequently gets complaints from parents who believe that their sons are being harassed by girls.
- The prosecutor harassed me and pressured me enormously.
- And I am still being harassed and intimidated to this day.
- If older girls do harass you, talk to a guidance counselor - that's what she's there for.
Synonyms pester, badger, hound, harry, plague, torment, bedevil, persecute, bother, annoy, exasperate, worry, disturb, trouble, agitate, provoke, vex stress, stress out, nag, keep on at, chivvy tease, bait, molest informal hassle, bug, give someone a hard time, drive someone up the wall, drive someone round the bend British informal drive someone round the twist Northern English informal mither North American informal devil, ride - 1.1 Make repeated small-scale attacks on (an enemy)
the squadron's task was to harass the retreating enemy forces Example sentencesExamples - They followed the patrols, harassing them by throwing rocks and yelling profanities.
- Visiting human rights groups have been routinely harassed by the army and threatened and attacked by militias.
- We, the Animal Rights Militia, have looked on for some years now as members of animal rights organisations such as the animal liberation front have attacked your property and harassed you.
- Soon Vova and his sister join the partisans and are doing what they can to harass the enemy.
- In other instances, the enemy will harass a convoy with small arms fire, enticing the unit to dismount and return fire.
- Remnants of the enemy have slipped into the civilian population and continue to harass coalition forces.
- Now they're under your control, and you can call them from the sands and direct them to harass your enemies.
- conspirators, harassed by their enemies, and often at odds among themselves, scrambled through civil war and Japanese invasion to seize power.
- He was subsequently harassed by hordes of aggressive mice, and despite taking refuge in a tower in the middle of the Rhine, was eventually eaten by his pursuers.
- In addition the crusaders used light cavalry and horse archers in large numbers to harass the enemy, to scout, and to supplement the knights.
- While Platt was striking into Eritrea, Cunningham began his operations by harassing the Italians with raids from Kenya.
- Starlings can be aggressive and will persistently harass other species to take over nesting cavities.
- Often, cavalry came out to harass enemy armies as they scattered to plunder, slowing down progress even further.
- The besiegers lacked artillery, and their communications were harassed by the aggressive Enniskillen men.
- From Tunisia, a guerrilla army of tens of thousands of troops harassed French units arrayed along the border.
- Some governments gave pirates and privateers safe harbor to earn revenues or to harass their enemies.
- The wise general never gives battle but on favourable ground; and until he has found it, he manoeuvres, skirmishes, and harasses the enemy.
- Our pilots were used to harassing the enemy by strafing rail and truck areas, infantry and anything that moved.
- Drawing a card from the deck will summon one inconvenience with which the wielder can harass his foes.
- It will be used to support hit-and-run, ambush, and harassing, and urban warface missions.
Synonyms harry, attack repeatedly, raid, press hard, beleaguer, set upon, assail, maraud, ravage, oppress
Usage There are two possible pronunciations of the word harass: one with the stress on the har- and the other with the stress on the -ass. The former pronunciation is the older one and is regarded by some people as the only correct one, especially in British English. However, the pronunciation with the stress on the second syllable -rass is very common and is now accepted as a standard alternative Origin Early 17th century: from French harasser, from harer 'set a dog on', from Germanic hare, a cry urging a dog to attack. This came from French in the early 17th century and is probably from harer ‘to set a dog on’. The notion of intimidation arose during the 19th century, with sexual harassment acquiring particular prominence in the 1970s. The sound and sense of harass may be similar to those of harry, but the two are unrelated: harry (Old English) goes back to an ancient root meaning ‘army, host’, which also gave us the bird called a harrier (mid 16th century), but not the dogs (Late Middle English), which got their name from the hares they were bred to hunt.
Definition of harass in US English: harassverb [with object]1Subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation. being harassed at work can leave you feeling confused and helpless Example sentencesExamples - In last year's presidential elections, the main opposition candidate - a Hutu - was harassed, his supporters intimidated and ballot stuffing was rife.
- First, until 1965, African-Americans were harassed and intimidated at the polls by whites and it was LEGAL.
- In the past, there have been reports that this day is used by boys to harass girls in some north Indian cities like Jaipur, much as they would do during Holi.
- The girl had been harassed for dowry by her in-laws since her marriage two years ago, but this year they had become particularly cruel towards her.
- A 33-year-old man who harassed a teenage girl and her family has lost an appeal against his conviction.
- He was pressured and harassed all day, making his fourth quarter performance all the more impressive.
- Ms. O'Neill, the sexual-health educator, says she frequently gets complaints from parents who believe that their sons are being harassed by girls.
- A pensioner who was harassed by aggressive beggars in Swindon town centre has backed a campaign to stop vagrants pestering shoppers for cash.
- I wouldn't drop the subject though, and harassed him all the way down to his locker and out the school's front door.
- Both harass the unemployed, pressuring them further into exploitative employment.
- The prosecutor harassed me and pressured me enormously.
- A local woman had seized Wang, 47, whom she said was following girl students and sexually harassing them.
- Dr. Das Dasgupta said that women are pressured and harassed by husbands demanding that their wives give birth to boys.
- If older girls do harass you, talk to a guidance counselor - that's what she's there for.
- We have seen thugs, employed by powerful people, intimidating and harassing journalists.
- And I am still being harassed and intimidated to this day.
- Researchers are harassed, and pressured against distributing their work.
- Many of the girls pointed out that the boys should realise that harassing a girl will end up having negative consequences for them too.
- It would assume that anyone who says they don't own a car at all is lying and it would harass them continually with aggressive letters and vague threats.
- But will they be able to keep themselves away from the culture of intimidating and harassing their oppositions?
Synonyms pester, badger, hound, harry, plague, torment, bedevil, persecute, bother, annoy, exasperate, worry, disturb, trouble, agitate, provoke, vex - 1.1 Make repeated small-scale attacks on (an enemy)
the squadron's task was to harass the retreating enemy forces Example sentencesExamples - While Platt was striking into Eritrea, Cunningham began his operations by harassing the Italians with raids from Kenya.
- Starlings can be aggressive and will persistently harass other species to take over nesting cavities.
- Some governments gave pirates and privateers safe harbor to earn revenues or to harass their enemies.
- In addition the crusaders used light cavalry and horse archers in large numbers to harass the enemy, to scout, and to supplement the knights.
- They followed the patrols, harassing them by throwing rocks and yelling profanities.
- The wise general never gives battle but on favourable ground; and until he has found it, he manoeuvres, skirmishes, and harasses the enemy.
- Drawing a card from the deck will summon one inconvenience with which the wielder can harass his foes.
- From Tunisia, a guerrilla army of tens of thousands of troops harassed French units arrayed along the border.
- It will be used to support hit-and-run, ambush, and harassing, and urban warface missions.
- Soon Vova and his sister join the partisans and are doing what they can to harass the enemy.
- Now they're under your control, and you can call them from the sands and direct them to harass your enemies.
- We, the Animal Rights Militia, have looked on for some years now as members of animal rights organisations such as the animal liberation front have attacked your property and harassed you.
- Remnants of the enemy have slipped into the civilian population and continue to harass coalition forces.
- conspirators, harassed by their enemies, and often at odds among themselves, scrambled through civil war and Japanese invasion to seize power.
- The besiegers lacked artillery, and their communications were harassed by the aggressive Enniskillen men.
- Often, cavalry came out to harass enemy armies as they scattered to plunder, slowing down progress even further.
- He was subsequently harassed by hordes of aggressive mice, and despite taking refuge in a tower in the middle of the Rhine, was eventually eaten by his pursuers.
- Our pilots were used to harassing the enemy by strafing rail and truck areas, infantry and anything that moved.
- Visiting human rights groups have been routinely harassed by the army and threatened and attacked by militias.
- In other instances, the enemy will harass a convoy with small arms fire, enticing the unit to dismount and return fire.
Synonyms harry, attack repeatedly, raid, press hard, beleaguer, set upon, assail, maraud, ravage, oppress
Usage Traditionally, the word harass has been pronounced with stress on the first syllable, as “HAR-us.” But the newer pronunciation that puts the stress on the second syllable ("huh-RAS") is increasingly more widespread and is considered standard. This is also true for harassed and harassment Origin Early 17th century: from French harasser, from harer ‘set a dog on’, from Germanic hare, a cry urging a dog to attack. |