harassed
- adjective
- /həˈræst/
- He often feels harassed by the relentless demands of his job, which leave him no time to relax.
The healthy people, the harassed people have to leave jobs.
- The healthy people, the harassed people have to leave jobs.
- And then I was just like very harassed for that night, which I get.
- Why do you think they have felt stalked and harassed by you?
- More and more young women in Britain find themselves assaulted, harassed, sexually harassed by immigrant men.
Examples
-
Women in Iran who all have stories of being detained or harassed by the morality police are fighting back, and rightfully so.
-
And it turns out Jodie Foster had been been bothered or in in a manner of speaking, harassed by this fellow for for quite some time.
-
The healthy people, the harassed people have to leave jobs.
-
And then I was just like very harassed for that night, which I get.
-
Oh my gosh, I feel harassed at the moment.
-
You also made a little bit of the rounds on Twitter for being harassed at the airport, which was like a thing for you.
-
But I just feel I had I had two high school boyfriends that like really, really both got harassed because of their penises.
-
Of course, it is used as a last resort when females are overwhelmed or harassed by multiple male males during breeding season.
-
I was kind of like harassed by the IRS though, even being you careful IRS colorblind.
-
If a, if a, a daughter stays in the group, she doesn't even go through puberty because she's being harassed so much by her mother, right?
Synonyms
Feeling a little angry or bothered by something small
Feeling very busy and worried because of many small tasks
Feeling annoyed or worried by a small but ongoing problem
Annoyed by repeated small questions and interruptions
Feeling upset, worried, or slightly annoyed by something
Antonyms
How Harassed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word harassed comes from an older French verb harasser, which meant 'to tire out' and is like the English word harry ('to attack' or 'bother' again and again). So, someone who is harassed feels worn down or stressed by repeated annoyances.