'Harassment' definitions:
Definition of 'harassment'
From: WordNet
noun
A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors" [syn: harassment, torment]
noun
The act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism [syn: harassment, molestation]
Definition of 'Harassment'
From: GCIDE
- Harassment \Har"ass*ment\ (-ment), n. The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety. [1913 Webster]
- Little harassments which I am led to suspect do occasionally molest the most fortunate. --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'harassment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggravation,
- annoyance,
- annoyingness,
- bad news,
- bedevilment,
- bore,
- bother,
- botheration,
- bothering,
- bothersomeness,
- crashing bore,
- devilment,
- difficulty,
- disturbance,
- dogging,
- downer,
- drag,
- exasperation,
- fretting,
- harrying,
- headache,
- hounding,
- irking,
- irksomeness,
- irritation,
- McCarthyism,
- molestation,
- nuisance,
- oppression,
- persecution,
- perturbation,
- peskiness,
- pest,
- pestiferousness,
- plaguesomeness,
- problem,
- provocation,
- provoking,
- provokingness,
- red-baiting,
- tiresomeness,
- torment,
- tormenting,
- trial,
- trouble,
- troublesomeness,
- vexation,
- vexatiousness,
- vexing,
- victimization,
- wearisomeness,
- witch-hunt,
- witch-hunting,
- worriedness,
- worries and cares,
- worriment,
- worrisomeness,
- worry,
- worrying