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Meaning of harass | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
həˈɹæs

Definitions

  1. Harassment; pestering.
    archaic, transitive
  2. a harassed mother. oorspanne مُتَضايِق обезпокоена perturbado ztrápený verstört mishandlet ταλαιπωρημένος agobiado; atormentado; preocupado vaevatud عاجز ahdistunut tracasséמוטרד परेशान uznemiren, izmucen gondterhelt terganggu hrjáður; áreittur; kvalinn tormentato 悩み疲れた 시달린 iškamuotas, išvargintas nomocīts; novārdzis diganggu oleh berbagai-bagai masalah geërgerdforkavet, forpint, stresset znękany عاجز perturbado plic­ti­sit, sâcâit потерявший покой utrápený trpinčen maltretiran plågad, pinad,...
  3. He complained of harassment by the police. teistering مُضايَقَه، مُلاحَقَه тормоз perseguição obtěžování, dotírání die Belästigung chikane παρενόχλησηacoso tülitamine اذیت ahdistelu harcèlementהטרדה परेशानी dodijavanje, uznemiravanje zaklatás gangguan áreitni molestia 悩まされること 괴롭히기, 희롱 varginimas, puldinėjimas nokausēšana; nomocīšana gangguan ergernis, pesterij trakassering, sjikane, plage nękanie ځورول perseguição hărţuire беспокоящие деиствия, травля obťažovanie nadlegovanje maltretiranje pl...
  4. acosar, perturbar, hostigar, hostilizar.
  5. To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.
  6. To irritate or torment persistently: His mind was harassed by doubts and misgivings.
  7. To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example).
  8. (tr) to trouble, torment, or confuse by continual persistent attacks, questions, etc
    tr
  9. to disturb persistently; torment; pester; persecute.
  10. to trouble by repeated attacks, incursions, etc., as in war; raid.
  11. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides:badger, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besiege, harry, hound, importune, pester, plague, solicit.

Equivalents

العربية ضايق
Català assetjar
Deutsch quälen Verfolgen
Français harceler
Gàidhlig sàraich
Nederlands kwellen vervolgen

Examples

“Mean while the men of Judah to prevent / The harraſs of thir Land, beſet me round; […]”
“Now, Belford, if ſhe be not much concerned at the broken veſſel, which, in one ſo fiery in his temper as I have the reputation to be thought, may be very dangerous; a malady that I ſhall calmly attribute to the haraſſes and doubts, that I have laboured under for ſome time paſt; which will be a further proof of my love, and will demand a grateful return—”
“The wary foe alone hath turn'd their mood, / And shown their rashness to that erring brood: / The feign'd retreat, the nightly ambuscade, / The daily harass, and the fight delay'd, […]”

CEFR level

C2
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