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Meaning of hassle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈhæsl̩

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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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