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Definition of Harass
1. Verb. Annoy continually or chronically. "The performance is likely to harass Sue"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
Specialized synonyms: Goad, Needle, Bedevil, Crucify, Dun, Frustrate, Rag, Torment, Haze
Generic synonyms: Annoy, Bother, Chafe, Devil, Get At, Get To, Gravel, Irritate, Nark, Nettle, Rag, Rile, Vex
Derivative terms: Harasser, Harassment, Harrier, Hassle, Molestation, Plague, Provocation, Provocative, Provoker
2. Verb. Exhaust by attacking repeatedly. "Harass the enemy"
Definition of Harass
1. v. t. To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out.
2. n. Devastation; waste.
Definition of Harass
1. Verb. To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts. ¹
2. Verb. To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest. ¹
3. Verb. To put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) devastation; waste ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) worry; harassment ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Harass
1. to bother persistently [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harass
| haradaite harakiri haram harambee harambees harams haramzada haramzadas harangue harangued | haranguer haranguers harangues haranguing haras harberous harbinger harbingered harbingering |
Literary usage of Harass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... of the barbarians ceased attacking thu Greeks witli Brasidas in the open
country; and having left u portion of their forces to follow and harass them, ..."
2. History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi, by by John Wesley Monette (1848)
"Colonel Todd invades the Paint Creek Towns.—Simon Kenton as a Partisan
Warrior.—Emigration in 1788.—Indians harass the Ohio Frontier of Kentucky and Western ..."
3. A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America, and Other Parts of by David Benedict (1813)
"I Indians harass the first Settlers in Kentucky, CHAP. XV. • »•' KENTUCKY.
s THIS State lies west of Virginia, which it joins, and to ' which it formerly ..."
4. The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, from the Settlement by Elizabeth Hubbell Godfrey Schenck (1904)
"Enemy ordered to harass coast towns.—Congress makes it a crime to assist the ...
Eight regiments sent to New London to harass the English on Long Island. ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... and while the attention of the state was engaged in more serious wars, their
vexatious inroads might again harass the repose of the province. ..."
6. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale (1849)
"the barbarians ceased attacking the Greeks with Brasidas in the open country;
and having left a portion of their forces to follow and harass them, ..."
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