harass
/həˈɹæs/ verb C1- To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.
- To persistently bother (someone, or a group of people) physically or psychologically when such behaviour is illegal and/or unwanted, especially over an extended period.
- To put excessive burdens upon (someone); to subject (someone) to anxieties. · To harass good people is no different than speaking ill of them.
- To trouble (someone, or a group of people) through repeated military-style attacks.
He/she/it harasses · Past harassed · Past participle harassed · -ing form harassing
Verb forms
- Base form
- harass
- He/she/it
- harasses
- Past
- harassed
- Past participle
- harassed
- -ing form
- harassing
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Lynde he went accordingly, and that good lady promptly took the matter out of the harassed man’s hands.
But in Charlottetown harassed Queen’s students thought and talked only of examinations.
Dantès observed, however, that Faria, in spite of the relief his society afforded, daily grew sadder; one thought seemed incessantly to harass and distract his mind.
I do not know how far Sherlock Holmes took any sleep that night, but when I came down to breakfast I found him pale and harassed, his bright eyes the brighter for the dark shadows round them.
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