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How to pronounce harass in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke
Type of gravel, chafe, irritate, nark, vex, nettle, devil, rag, annoy, bother, get at, get to, rile
Has types goad, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, haze, needle, rag, torment
Derivation harasser, harassment


This man harasses his female co-workers.
Type Words
Type of attack, aggress
Derivation harasser


harass the enemy.

Examples of harass

harass
The three construction workers continued to laugh it off and harass our actress.
From the abcnews.go.com
I know you want the registry to harass, and banish and put your frustrations on.
From the orlandosentinel.com
It's been a while since I used state-of-the-art technology to harass a neighbor.
From the time.com
They say officers toss food from illegal vending carts and verbally harass them.
From the infowars.com
A melee between both sets of players ensued as Heskey continued to harass Jones.
From the guardian.co.uk
It will be in their nature to harass you and despise you wherever they find you.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Many of those leaders were created by a military establishment to harass India.
From the time.com
Owls like to perch in a secretive spots so crows won't find them and harass them.
From the dispatch.com
Some environmentalists groups say they are preparing to harass the whaling fleet.
From the voanews.com
More examples
  • Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
  • Exhaust by attacking repeatedly; "harass the enemy"
  • (harassed) annoyed: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"
  • (harassment) a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"
  • (harassment) the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
  • Harassment covers a wide range of offensive behaviour. It is commonly understood as behaviour intended to disturb or upset. In the legal sense, it is behaviour which is found threatening or disturbing. ...
  • (Harassment (UK)) Harassment in the United Kingdom is a topic which in the past couple of decades has been taken increasingly seriously and has been the subject of a number of pieces of major legislation. ...
  • (The Harassed) The tenth season of Frasier originally aired between September 2002 and May 2003, beginning on September 9, 2002.
  • To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest; to put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties