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(hærəsmənt, həræs-)
uncountable noun [oft adjective NOUN]
Harassment is behaviour which is intended to trouble or annoy someone, for example repeated attacks on them or attempts to cause them problems.
The survey found that 51 per cent of women had experienced some form of sexual harassment.
...racial harassment.
The party has accused the police of harassment.
Synonyms: hassle [informal], trouble, bother, grief [informal] More Synonyms of harassment

Examples of 'harassment' in a sentence
harassment

Is she bothered by police harassment as well as surveillance?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This form of harassment is only set to increase.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And most young women had faced some form of harassment at school or college.
The Sun (2016)
He didn't hold back about how he felt about police harassment and fame.
The Sun (2016)
They are very much less likely than their fathers to have suffered from police harassment and violence.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Now it must be stressed that none of this justifies press harassment or illegal behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Not that this kind of research establishment was inevitably immune from police investigation or harassment.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
The university condemns all forms of harassment.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She was also found guilty of racial harassment.
The Sun (2015)
He was also arrested on suspicion of religious or racial harassment.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He has also been in court twice this year and was recently interviewed by police over a harassment claim.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It is a form of harassment.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It outlaws behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
The Sun (2009)
And they must not behave in a way that causes harassment, alarm or distress to others.
The Sun (2015)
It's a really unpleasant form of harassment.
The Sun (2011)
He denies criminal damage, racial harassment and resisting cops.
The Sun (2011)
His behaviour may be harassment.
The Sun (2015)
He was taken ashore and led away by officers to be questioned over behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
If she persists, talk to your line manager or supervisor as it's a form of harassment.
The Sun (2012)

In other languages
harassment

British English: harassment /ˈhærəsmənt/ NOUN
Harassment is behaviour which is intended to trouble or annoy someone, for example repeated attacks on them or attempts to cause them problems.
...rules to prevent harassment.
  • American English: harassment
  • Arabic: مُضَايَقَة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: assédio
  • Chinese: 骚扰
  • Croatian: uznemiravanje
  • Czech: obtěžování
  • Danish: chikane
  • Dutch: pesterij
  • European Spanish: acoso
  • Finnish: ahdistelu
  • French: harcèlement
  • German: Belästigung
  • Greek: παρενόχληση
  • Italian: molestia
  • Japanese: いやがらせ
  • Korean: 괴롭힘
  • Norwegian: trakassering
  • Polish: molestowanie
  • European Portuguese: assédio
  • Romanian: hărțuire
  • Russian: притеснение
  • Latin American Spanish: acoso
  • Swedish: trakasserier
  • Thai: การรังควาน
  • Turkish: taciz
  • Ukrainian: переслідування
  • Vietnamese: sự quấy rối

Chinese translation of 'harassment'

harassment

(ˈhærəsmənt)

n (u)

  1. 骚(騷)扰(擾) (sāorǎo)
    sexual harassment 性骚(騷)扰(擾) (xìngsāorǎo)
(noun) 
people who had experienced sexual harassment
Synonyms
hassle (informal)
I don't think it's worth the money or the hassle.
trouble
You've caused a lot of trouble.
bother
Most men hate the bother of shaving.
grief (informal)
torment
the torments of being a writer
irritation
Don't allow a minor irritation to mar your ambitions.
persecution
nuisance
He can be a bit of a nuisance when he's drunk.
It's a real nuisance having to pick up the kids from school every day.
badgering
annoyance
To her annoyance the stranger did not go away.
pestering
aggravation (informal)
I just couldn't take the aggravation.
molestation
vexation
the tribulations and vexations we have to put up with
bedevilment

Additional synonyms

in the sense of aggravation
I just couldn't take the aggravation.
Synonyms
annoyance,
grief (informal),
teasing,
irritation,
hassle (informal),
provocation,
gall,
exasperation,
vexation,
irksomeness
in the sense of annoyance
To her annoyance the stranger did not go away.
Synonyms
irritation,
trouble,
anger,
bother,
grief (informal),
harassment,
disturbance,
hassle (informal),
nuisance,
provocation,
displeasure,
exasperation,
aggravation (informal),
vexation,
pique,
bedevilment
in the sense of bother
Definition
a state of worry, trouble, or confusion
Most men hate the bother of shaving.
Synonyms
trouble,
problem,
worry,
difficulty,
strain,
grief (British, South Africa),
fuss,
pest,
irritation,
hassle (informal),
nuisance,
flurry,
uphill (South Africa),
inconvenience,
annoyance,
aggravation (informal),
vexation

Synonyms of 'harassment'

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