harass

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There are two pitfalls with this word meaning 'to trouble or annoy repeatedly' and its derivatives harassing, harassment, etc. One is the spelling, with only one r (unlike embarrass); the other is the pronunciation, which should be ha-rǝs with the stress on the first syllable, although hǝ-ras with second-syllable stress is spreading rapidly from American English to British English and will probably prevail in the end.

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verb

1. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides: badger, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besiege, harry, hound, importune, pester, plague, solicit. See attack/defend.
2. To disturb by repeated attacks: annoy, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, harry, pester, plague, tease, torment, worry. See feelings, pain/pleasure.

v

Definition: badger
Antonyms: aid, assist, facilitate, help, support

v. make repeated small-scale attacks on (an enemy): the squadron's task was to harass the retreating enemy forces.

harasser n. harassingly adv. harassment n.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

IN BRIEF: To annoy with repeated attacks.

One thing that I do not like about cats is that they harass birds.

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For a list of words related to harass, see:

• Expressions of Feeling - harass: attack or annoy repeatedly
• Opposition, Disagreement, and Attack - harass: (vb) annoy, attack, or impede repeatedly
• Attacks - harass: (vb) badger or persecute repeatedly

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Common misspelling(s) of harasses

• harrases
• harases

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - pine, plage, chikanere

Nederlands (Dutch)
bestoken, afmatten, lastig vallen, kwellen

Français (French)
v. tr. - harceler, contrarier

Deutsch (German)
v. - schikanieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παρενοχλώ, (παρα)σκοτίζω, βασανίζω, ταλανίζω, ταλαιπωρώ

Italiano (Italian)
bersagliare con continui attacchi, molestare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - molestar

Русский (Russian)
беспокоить, изнурять, утомлять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - acosar, hostigar, hostilizar, atormentar, agobiar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - trakassera, jäkta, oroa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使烦恼, 烦扰, 不断骚扰

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使煩惱, 煩擾, 不斷騷擾

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 괴롭히다, 지긋지긋하게 굴다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 悩ます, 苦しめる, 繰り返し攻撃する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يزعج بغارات متكررة, يرهق, ينهك, يضايق باستمرار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הטריד, הציק‬

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