harassing
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harassing
adjective more harassing · most harassing
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Characterized by harassment; pestering, intimidating.
Friends and co-workers also added that Jodi complained of harassing phone calls in the weeks before she disappeared.
Similar: besetting
verb
- present participle and gerund of harass
noun harassings
- Harassment. Sometimes we observe these wretched peasants, driven to despair by the harassings of the Boyars, commit the useless imprudence of going to the capital, and, under the windows of the prince, with loud cries, require him to hear their claims.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pester, provoke, molest, hassle, heckle, oppress, chivvy, tease, harry, chevy, beleaguer, beset, persecute, plague, chivy, badger
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title = {harassing},
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