harassment
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harassment
- /həˈɹæsmənt/
- /ˈhæɹəsmənt/ dated
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French harassement. By surface analysis, harass + -ment.
noun harassments
- Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.
- Deliberate pestering or intimidation. “As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately in
- The use of repeated small-scale attacks to wear down an enemy force. Throughout this period, and beyond, into the rest of the battle, aircraft of various types and loadouts are crisscrossing the skies in desperate harassment attacks, with the pilots having to play constant games of "guess the carrier" to decide where to land as escort carriers are hit, sunk, disappea
Similar: torment, molestation
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: molestation, torment, badgering, hassle, nagging, disturbance, nuisance, annoyance, intimidation, bullying, riot, mistreatment, distraction, humiliation, ill-treatment, inconvenience
noun
Similar: torment, molestation
Translations
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noun persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress
| Español | acoso, hostigamiento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 괴롭힘 goerophim |
| 日本語 | 嫌がらせ iyagarase |
| 中文 | 騷擾 /骚扰 sāorǎo |
| हिन्दी | उत्पीड़न utpīṛan |
| Português | assédio |
| Français | harcèlement |
| Deutsch | Belästigung |
| Italiano | molestia, vessazione |
| Ελληνικά | παρενόχληση parenóchlisi |
| Română | distrugere, pustiire |
| Русский | домога́тельства domogátelʹstva, домога́тельство domogátelʹstvo, хара́ссмент xarássment, ха́рассмент xárassment |
| العربية | تَحَرُّش taḥarruš |
| עברית | הַטְרָדָה hatradá |
noun deliberate pestering or annoying
| Português | assédio, incômodo |
|---|---|
| Français | harcèlement |
| Deutsch | Belästigung, Aufdringlichkeit |
| Română | deranj, imoportunare |
| Русский | беспоко́йство bespokójstvo, агре́ссия agréssija, оскорбле́ние oskorblénije, притесне́ние pritesnénije |
Talk about this word "harassment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/harassment. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. harassment. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/harassment "harassment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/harassment.Cite this
@misc{harassment_2026,
title = {harassment},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/harassment},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
