to hassle
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4.4
- verb
- /ˈhæsl/
:
molestar
- The kids kept hassling their neighbor until she agreed to let them play in her yard.
- hassle someone
- stop hassling
- keep hassling
You know, you get hassled by people, hassled by police, but overall, it's not terrible.
- You know, you get hassled by people, hassled by police, but overall, it's not terrible.
- I'm just a Skinhead wide eyed private trying not to get fired or yelled at or hassled anymore.
- And the same same thing, a black surfer was hassled and splashed and called racial epithets and and nobody in the lineup came to his defense.
- And that's right in the height of me hassling with the mafia.
Examples
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"All I'm saying is don't hassle me," I told him.
Fiction book (2000) -
Kimberly frowned and said, "It's just that everyone keeps hassling me about eating."
Fiction book (2002) -
I get paid to hassle people.
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You always hassle girls on the street?
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You enjoy hassling people, man?
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Then you can pass and hang out without them hassling you all the time.
Fiction book (1994) -
I was walking home with a few of my friends, and the guy started hassling me.
Fiction book (1993) -
As fun as it is wasting half my day while some cop hassles me, I'll pass.
Blog text (3) -
David knew his grandmother drank too much, but he didn't hassle her about it.
Fiction book (2000) -
Stop hassling me! I just want to finish my work in peace.
Synonyms
449
2.0
To disturb or interrupt someone and make them feel annoyed
302
4.0
Annoy someone again and again to make them feel worried or uncomfortable
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3.6
Annoy someone again and again to make them react
121
5.6
To cause constant trouble and suffering to people and things
85
3.7
To annoy someone by bothering them repeatedly
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4.7
To annoy someone by asking them the same thing many times
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3.2
To annoy someone by asking for things again and again
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7.9
To surround and cause repeated problems for someone or something
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8.4
Annoy or disturb someone repeatedly
3
7.6
To bother someone again and again so they feel upset or tired
2
8.2
Cause ongoing trouble and confusion for people or things
To keep asking or complaining to make someone do something
To annoy someone by asking or reminding them again and again
To annoy or chase someone again and again
To annoy someone again and again with small problems
Antonyms
Idioms
How Annoying
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7.2
302
4.0
47
4.4
34
3.2
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1.0
246
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hassle as a verb comes from the same slang and means to annoy or trouble someone, often again and again. Think of hassle like harass ('to bother')—that's why to hassle someone is to keep troubling or annoying them.