Meaning of HARASSMENT
| Pronunciation: | | hur'asmunt
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- [n] tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
- [n] a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"
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HARASSMENT is a 10 letter word that starts with H. |
| | Synonyms: | | molestation, torment |
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| | See Also: | | annoyance, badgering, baiting, bedevilment, chafe, mistreatment, ribbing, sexual harassment, tease, teasing, torment, vexation, witch-hunt, worrying | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Har"ass*ment\, n.
The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry;
annoyance; anxiety.
Little harassments which I am led to suspect do
occasionally molest the most fortunate. --Ld. Lytton.
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| | Related Terms: | | aggravation, annoyance, annoyingness, bad news, bedevilment, bore, bother, botheration, bothering, bothersomeness, crashing bore, devilment, difficulty, disturbance, dogging, downer, drag, exasperation, fretting, harrying, headache, hounding, irking, irksomeness, irritation, McCarthyism, molestation, nuisance, oppression, persecution, perturbation, peskiness, pest, pestiferousness, plaguesomeness, problem, provocation, provoking, provokingness, red-baiting, tiresomeness, torment, tormenting, trial, trouble, troublesomeness, vexation, vexatiousness, vexing, victimization, wearisomeness, witch-hunt, witch-hunting, worriedness, worries and cares, worriment, worrisomeness, worry, worrying |
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