'Harassed' definitions:
Definition of 'harassed'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Harassed'
From: GCIDE
- Harass \Har"ass\ (h[a^]r"as or h[.a]*r[a^]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harassed (h[a^]r"ast or h[.a]*r[a^]st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Harassing.] [F. harasser; cf. OF. harace a basket made of cords, harace, harasse,a very heavy and large shield; or harer to set (a dog) on.] To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out. [1913 Webster]
- [Troops] harassed with a long and wearisome march. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Nature oppressed and harass'd out with care. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Vext with lawyers and harass'd with debt. --Tennyson.
- Syn: To weary; jade; tire; perplex; distress; tease; worry; disquiet; chafe; gall; annoy; irritate; plague; vex; molest; trouble; disturb; torment. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'harassed'
From: GCIDE
- harassed \harassed\ (h[a^]r"ast or h[.a]*r[a^]st"), adj. troubled persistently, especially with petty annoyances; as, harassed working mothers.
- Syn: annoyed, harried, pestered. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'harassed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- annoyed,
- anxious,
- badgered,
- baited,
- bedeviled,
- beset,
- bothered,
- bugged,
- bullyragged,
- chivied,
- deviled,
- distracted,
- distrait,
- distressed,
- dogged,
- embarrassed,
- fretted,
- harried,
- haunted,
- heckled,
- hectored,
- hounded,
- inconvenienced,
- irked,
- needled,
- nipped at,
- persecuted,
- perturbed,
- pestered,
- picked on,
- plagued,
- put to it,
- puzzled,
- ragged,
- sore beset,
- teased,
- tormented,
- troubled,
- vexed,
- worried,
- worried sick,
- worried stiff