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- DictionaryHa·rass/həˈras/
verb
- 1. subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation: "being harassed at work can leave you feeling confused and helpless"
When you harass someone, you bother them to the point of exhaustion. It’s not that each attack is so severe, it’s the constant small attacks that wear someone out. If you harass your boss for a raise, you might end up getting fired instead!
illegal behaviour towards a person that causes mental or emotional suffering, which includes repeated unwanted contacts without a reasonable purpose, insults, threats, touching, or offensive language: The company investigated claims of workplace harassment and racial discrimination.
1. To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate. 2. To irritate or torment persistently: His mind was harassed by doubts and misgivings. 3. To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example).
verb. /ˈhærəs/, /həˈræs/ /həˈræs/, /ˈhærəs/ Verb Forms. [often passive] to annoy or worry somebody by putting pressure on them or saying or doing unpleasant things to them. be harassed (by somebody) He has complained of being harassed by the police. She claims she has been sexually harassed at work. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
HARASS meaning: 1 : to annoy or bother (someone) in a constant or repeated way; 2 : to make repeated attacks against (an enemy)
20 hours ago · verb. If someone harasses you, they trouble or annoy you, for example by attacking you repeatedly or by causing you as many problems as they can. A woman reporter complained one of them sexually harassed her in the locker room. [VERB noun] Synonyms: annoy, trouble, bother, worry More Synonyms of harass.
Harassment covers a wide range of behaviors of offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behavior that demeans, humiliates, and intimidates a person, and it is characteristically identified by its unlikelihood in terms of social and moral reasonableness.
