harass
noun
1. (obsolete) devastation; waste
2. (obsolete) worry; harassment
verb
1. annoy continually or chronically
- This man harasses his female co-workers
Similar word(s): beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke
Definition categories: emotion, annoy, bother, chafe, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex
2. exhaust by attacking repeatedly
- harass the enemy
Definition categories: competition, aggress, attack
Sentences with harass as a verb:
- Nazis and their sympathizers harassed Jews and Gypsies in the early 1940s.