单词 | hassle |
释义 | hassle/ˈhas(ə)l /informal noun [mass noun] 1Irritating inconvenience: the hassle of child care [count noun]: travelling can be a hassle...
Synonyms inconvenience, bother, nuisance, problem, struggle, difficulty, annoyance, irritation, thorn in one's flesh/side, bane of one's life; trials and tribulations, fuss, trouble informal aggravation, aggro, stress, headache, pain, pain in the neck/backside North American informal pain in the butt British vulgar slang pain in the arse 1.1Deliberate harassment: when I told them I would not work on Sundays I got hassle...
1.2 [count noun] North American A disagreement or quarrel: an election-year hassle with farmers Synonyms disagreement, quarrel, argument, dispute, altercation, squabble, wrangle, shouting match, difference of opinion, contretemps, falling-out, war of words; fight, tussle, struggle, fracas, free-for-all, brawl; Irish, North American, & Australian donnybrook informal tiff, set-to, run-in, spat, scrap, dust-up British informal row, barney, slanging match, ding-dong, bust-up, bit of argy-bargy, ruck Scottish informal rammy North American informal rhubarb archaic broil, miff Scottish archaic threap, collieshangie verb [with object] Harass; pester: you want to sit and relax and not get hassled...
Synonyms harass, pester, nag, go on at, keep on at, keep after, badger, hound, harry, harp on at, chivvy, trouble, bother, worry, torment, annoy, plague, bedevil, persecute informal bug, give someone a hard time, get in someone's hair, get on someone's case, get on someone's back, breathe down someone's neck Northern English mither North American informal devil, ride Australian/New Zealand informal heavy rare discommode harassed, stressed, stressed out, harried, frayed, hard-pressed, agitated, flustered, beleaguered, hounded, plagued, bothered, troubled, distressed, beset, hag-ridden, tormented; under stress, under pressure, at the end of one's tether, with one's back up against the wall; North American at the end of one's rope informal up against it, in a state, hot and bothered British informal under the cosh, stressy OriginLate 19th century (originally dialect in the sense 'hack or saw at'): of unknown origin, perhaps a blend of haggle and tussle.
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