hassle

Definitions

1. Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems
2. Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
   countable, uncountable
3. A fight or argument
4. To argue or fight: customers hassling with merchants over high prices.
5. A fight or argument.
   countable, uncountable
6. An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.
   countable, uncountable
7. An action which is not worth the difficulty involved
8. To bother or harass: street gangs hassling passersby.
9. To trouble, to bother, to annoy
10. Informal. A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed:altercation, argument, bicker, clash, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, fight, polemic, quarrel, run-in, spat, squabble, tiff, word (used in plural), wrangle.
11. To pick a fight or start an argument with
12. Informal. To engage in a quarrel:argue, bicker, contend, dispute, fight, quarrel, quibble, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle.
13. An argument or a fight.
14. Trouble; bother.
15. a prolonged argument; wrangle
16. a great deal of trouble; difficulty; nuisance
17. (intr) to quarrel or wrangle
    intr
18. (tr) to cause annoyance or trouble to (someone); harass
    tr

Equivalents

Examples

“I went through a lot of hassle to be the first to get⟳ a ticket.”

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