Harass - English meaning

verb

Make (someone) troubled or nervous.

Usage examples:

The thought of questioning toby agitated him extremely

verb

To argue energetically, esp. in public, in order to achieve a particular type of change

Usage examples:

Telephone companies began to agitate for permission to compete in long distance services., any ment…

verb

To make someone feel worried or angry

Usage examples:

I didn't want to agitate her by telling her.

verb

Make (someone) a little angry; irritate.

Usage examples:

The decision really annoyed him

verb

To make someone slightly angry or upset

Usage examples:

I know you’re doing this only to annoy me., [ u ] as soon as he saw me, a look of annoyance crossed…

verb

To make someone angry

Usage examples:

Tina really annoyed me in the meeting this morning., i'm sorry - is my cough annoying you?, [ + tha…

noun

A heavily built omnivorous nocturnal mammal of the weasel family, typically having a grey and black coat.

Usage examples:

They do, however, both belong to the same mustelidae family which also encompasses badgers, skunks …

verb

Repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester.

Usage examples:

Tom had finally badgered her into going

noun

An animal that digs holes in the ground, where it lives, and comes out at night to feed

Usage examples:

He badgered officials at the american embassy to help.

noun

Food placed on a hook or in a net, trap, or fishing area to entice fish or other animals as prey.

Usage examples:

Herrings make excellent bait for pike

verb

Variant spelling of bate1.

noun

An angry mood.

Usage examples:

He got into a stinking bate

verb

(of something bad) cause great and continual trouble to.

Usage examples:

Projects like this are bedevilled by a shortage of cash

verb

To confuse, annoy, or cause problems or difficulties for someone or something

Usage examples:

Ever since i started playing tennis, i've been bedevilled by back pains.

verb

Take the trouble to do something.

Usage examples:

Scientists rarely bother with such niceties

noun

Effort, trouble, or difficulty.

Usage examples:

He saved me the bother of having to come up with a speech

exclamation

Used to express mild irritation or impatience.

Usage examples:

‘bother!’ she muttered

verb

Tell (someone) repeatedly to do something.

Usage examples:

An association which chivvies government into action

verb

To encourage someone to do something they do not want to do

Usage examples:

He kept putting off writing the report so i had to chivvy him along., i had to chivvy him into writ…

verb

Interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of.

Usage examples:

Take the rollers out carefully so as not to disturb the curls too much

verb

To cause someone to stop what the person is doing, or to interrupt an activity

Usage examples:

Please don’t disturb jimmy – he’s trying to do his homework., this year’s election campaign has dis…

verb

To interrupt what someone is doing

Usage examples:

Please don't disturb your sister - she's trying to do her homework., i'm sorry to disturb you so la…

verb

Irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely.

Usage examples:

This futile process exasperates prison officers

verb

To cause anger or extreme annoyance in someone

Usage examples:

His assistant’s carelessness is exasperating him.

verb

To make someone very annoyed, usually when they can do nothing to solve a problem

verb

Persistently carry out attacks on (an enemy or an enemy's territory).

Usage examples:

The raiders then spent three months harrying and burning the area

verb

To repeatedly demand something from someone, often causing them to feel worried or angry

Usage examples:

She harried the authorities, writing letters and gathering petitions.

noun

Irritating inconvenience.

Usage examples:

The hassle of child care

verb

Harass; pester.

Usage examples:

You want to sit and relax and not get hassled

noun

A situation that causes difficulty or trouble, or an argument

Usage examples:

Bad weather was the major hassle during our trip., i got into a hassle with my father about being l…

noun

A dog of a breed used for hunting, especially one able to track by scent.

Usage examples:

A hound came running through the trees, nose to the ground

verb

Harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly.

Usage examples:

She was hounded by the italian press

verb

Assault or abuse (a person, especially a woman or child) sexually.

Usage examples:

He was charged with molesting and taking obscene photographs of a ten-year-old boy

verb

Harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to

verb

To touch someone sexually when it is not wanted

Usage examples:

Allegations (= accusations) of drug abuse and child molestation., a child molester

verb

Harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to.

Usage examples:

She constantly nags her daughter about getting married

noun

A person who nags someone.

Usage examples:

We don't want to be perceived as nags or, worse still, incompetent.

noun

A horse, especially one that is old or in poor health.

Usage examples:

The old nag the lad fetched smelled sweaty

verb

Subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.

Usage examples:

His followers were persecuted by the authorities

verb

To treat people unfairly or cruelly over a period of time because of their race, religion, etc.

Usage examples:

She claimed the government was persecuting its opponents., political/religious persecution, given t…

verb

Trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions.

Usage examples:

She constantly pestered him with telephone calls

verb

To annoy someone by doing or asking for something repeatedly

Usage examples:

The kids keep pestering me to buy them a new video game.

noun

A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (bubonic plague) and sometimes infection of the lungs (pneumonic plague).

Usage examples:

Person-to-person spread of bubonic or septicemic plague does not occur; however, pneumonic plague i…

verb

A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes ( bubonic plague ) and sometimes infection of the lungs ( pneumonic plague ).

verb

To cause someone or something difficulty or suffering, esp. repeatedly or continually

Usage examples:

Financial problems have been plaguing the company., that pain in my shoulder is plaguing me again.,…

verb

Stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone.

Usage examples:

The decision provoked a storm of protest from civil rights organizations

verb

Provide the needed stimulus for

verb

To try to make a person or an animal angry or annoyed

Usage examples:

He was trying to provoke me into a fight., i’m trying to make people think, provoke their emotions.…

noun

Pressure or tension exerted on a material object.

Usage examples:

The distribution of stress is uniform across the bar

verb

Physiological disturbance or damage caused to an organism by adverse circumstances.

Usage examples:

In many areas irrigation is warranted to avoid plant stress

noun

Worry caused by a difficult situation, or something that causes this condition

Usage examples:

[ u ] luis is under a lot of stress right now., [ c ] it’s hard to cope with the stresses of raisin…

verb

Make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way.

Usage examples:

I used to tease her about being so house-proud

noun

A person who makes fun of someone playfully or unkindly.

Usage examples:

Some think of him as a tease who likes to keep others guessing

verb

Mock or make fun of playfully

noun

Severe physical or mental suffering.

Usage examples:

Their deaths have left both families in torment

verb

Cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering.

Usage examples:

He was tormented by jealousy

noun

Great mental or physical suffering, or something that causes such pain

Usage examples:

[ u ] after three days of torment, she went to a dentist., [ c ] that child acts like it’s a tormen…

noun

Difficulty or problems.

Usage examples:

I had trouble finding somewhere to park

verb

Cause distress or anxiety to.

Usage examples:

He was not troubled by doubts

noun

A problem, or difficulties

Usage examples:

[ u ] trouble began when he came to live with us., [ c ] she thought her troubles would be over whe…

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters.

Usage examples:

The memory of the conversation still vexed him

adjective

Angry; annoyed.

Usage examples:

I ain't vex with you

verb

To cause someone to feel annoyance or trouble

Usage examples:

The question that vexes ben the most is, "why me?", rising gas prices are a vexing problem.

verb

Feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

He worried about his soldier sons in the war

noun

The state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

He's demented with worry

verb

To think about problems or unpleasant things that make you anxious, or to make someone feel anxious

Usage examples:

[ i ] if you get a monthly train ticket, you won’t have to worry about buying a ticket every day., …