▪ persistently harass:"the government is being mercilessly harried by a new lobby"Similarharasshoundpressurizebring pressure to bear onput pressure onlean onkeep on atgo on atchivvybedeviltormentpesterbotherdisturbworryannoybadgernagplaguepersecutemolestinformal:hasslebuggive someone a hard timedrive someone around the benddrive someone up the wallbe in someone's hairget on someone's backbreathe down someone's neckdrive someone round the twistOppositeleave in peace
Word OriginOld Englishherian, hergian, of Germanic origin, probably influenced by Old French harier, in the same sense.
