harass
verb /ˈhærəs/, /həˈræs/
/həˈræs/, /ˈhærəs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they harass | /ˈhærəs/, /həˈræs/ /həˈræs/, /ˈhærəs/ |
| he / she / it harasses | /ˈhærəsɪz/, /həˈræsɪz/ /həˈræsɪz/, /ˈhærəsɪz/ |
| past simple harassed | /ˈhærəst/, /həˈræst/ /həˈræst/, /ˈhærəst/ |
| past participle harassed | /ˈhærəst/, /həˈræst/ /həˈræst/, /ˈhærəst/ |
| -ing form harassing | /ˈhærəsɪŋ/, /həˈræsɪŋ/ /həˈræsɪŋ/, /ˈhærəsɪŋ/ |
- [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- He told her that if she continued to harass him, he would call the police.
- Protesters have been blocking access to the clinic and physically harassing staff.
- The man harassed a neighbour with racist abuse.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- racially
- sexually
- constantly
- …
- harass somebody/something to make repeated attacks on an enemy synonym harry
- Our convoys are being continually harassed by enemy submarines.
- Greenpeace has been harassing whaling operations at sea.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French harasser, from harer ‘set a dog on’, from Germanic hare, a cry urging a dog to attack.