molest
verb /məˈlest/
/məˈlest/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they molest | /məˈlest/ /məˈlest/ |
| he / she / it molests | /məˈlests/ /məˈlests/ |
| past simple molested | /məˈlestɪd/ /məˈlestɪd/ |
| past participle molested | /məˈlestɪd/ /məˈlestɪd/ |
| -ing form molesting | /məˈlestɪŋ/ /məˈlestɪŋ/ |
- molest somebody to attack somebody, especially a child, sexually synonym abuse
- molest somebody (old-fashioned) to attack somebody physically
- The couple were molested while walking through the park.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘cause trouble to, vex’): from Old French molester or Latin molestare ‘annoy’, from molestus ‘troublesome’.