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Definition of Harassed
1. Adjective. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances. "The vexed parents of an unruly teenager"
Definition of Harassed
1. Verb. (past of ''to harass'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Harassed
1. harass [v] - See also: harass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harassed
| harakiri haram harambee harambees harams haramzada haramzadas harangue harangued haranguer | haranguers harangues haranguing haras harberous harbinger harbingered harbingering harbingers |
Literary usage of Harassed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1862)
"LORD DUNMORE HIS PLANS OF HARASSING VIRGINIA LEE*S POLICY RESPECTING TORY GOVERNORS
AND PLACEMEN RHODE ISLAND harassed BY WALLACE AND HIS CRUISERS, ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... greater Body of the Irish; and after our Men had laid there in the Cold a
Fortnight, they were ordered back, being much harassed with Cold and Hunger. ..."
3. The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1883)
"Conversations with a Russian grandee—Set out on my journey homewards—harassed by
Kalmucks on the road—Arrival at Archangel— Sail from thence, ..."
4. Text-book of Histology by Philipp Stöhr (1913)
"A harassed Householder A LTHOUGH he had never had the advan- Ji\. tage of reading
a bargain sale advertisement, the big fur seal needed no exhortation to ..."
5. From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet (1908)
"... by President Davis at Church Service— Federals take Forts Gregg and Whit
worth—The Retreat harassed by Continuous Fighting—Longstreet saves High Bridge, ..."
6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Your country, till you put yourselves under our protection, was at all times
harassed with wars and oppressed by tyrants. You cannot deny that only as the ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In the ninth century, when the Danes repeatedly harassed Northumbria, the Diocese
of Hex- ham ceased to have a separate existence, and about 820 was merged ..."
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