Harass

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Transitive verb 1.1.1 Translations 1.1.2 Synonyms

English

Transitive verb

harass harassed harrassing

1. To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts
2. To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest
3. to put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties
   • Nazis and their sympathizers harassed Jews and Gypsies in the early 1940's.

Translations

• German: belästigen (2), verfolgen (3)

Synonyms

• hassle
• harry
• chivy or chivvy
• chevy or chevvy
• beset
• plague
• molest
• provoke

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