'hassle' definitions:
Definition of 'hassle'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'hassle'
From: GCIDE
- hassle \hassle\ v. i.
- 1. to dispute or quarrel, often over petty disagreements. [PJC]
- 2. To expend excessive time and energy trying to accomplish a task. [PJC]
Definition of 'hassle'
From: GCIDE
- hassle \hassle\ v. t. to repeatedly annoy; as, He is known to hassle his staff when he is overworked.
- Syn: harass, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'hassle'
From: GCIDE
- hassle \hassle\ n.
- 1. An inconvenience caused by difficulties encountered trying to accomplish a task; as, finding a parking place in midtown is always a hassle.
- Syn: fuss, trouble, bother. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. disorderly fighting; an angry dispute or disturbance. [WordNet sense 2]
- Syn: hassle, scuffle, tussle, rough-and-tumble. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'hassle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ado,
- agonize,
- altercation,
- anarchy,
- apologetics,
- apologia,
- apology,
- argue,
- argufy,
- argument,
- argumentation,
- bandy words,
- barney,
- battle,
- beef,
- bicker,
- bickering,
- bother,
- brawl,
- broil,
- brouhaha,
- buffet,
- bug,
- bump heads,
- carp at,
- casuistry,
- cavil,
- chaos,
- choplogic,
- clamor,
- commotion,
- confusion,
- contend,
- contention,
- contest,
- controversy,
- cross swords,
- cut and thrust,
- defense,
- discept,
- disputation,
- dispute,
- disturbance,
- donnybrook,
- donnybrook fair,
- dustup,
- embroilment,
- endeavor,
- essay,
- fabulous formless darkness,
- fight,
- flyting,
- foofaraw,
- foul-up,
- fracas,
- free-for-all,
- fret at,
- fuss,
- fuss at,
- give and take,
- grunt and sweat,
- have it out,
- helter-skelter,
- henpeck,
- hubbub,
- huff and puff,
- hurly-burly,
- join issue,
- knock-down-and-drag-out,
- license,
- litigation,
- lock horns,
- logomachize,
- logomachy,
- make a row,
- melee,
- miff,
- misrule,
- mix-up,
- moot,
- morass,
- muddle,
- nag,
- nibble at,
- niggle,
- paper war,
- passage of arms,
- peck at,
- pell-mell,
- pester,
- pettifog,
- pick at,
- pick on,
- plead,
- polemic,
- polemicize,
- polemics,
- polemize,
- pother,
- quibble,
- racket,
- rampage,
- rhubarb,
- riot,
- rough-and-tumble,
- roughhouse,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruction,
- rumpus,
- run-in,
- scramble,
- scrap,
- screw-up,
- scuffle,
- set-to,
- shindy,
- snafu,
- spar,
- squabble,
- stir,
- strive,
- striving,
- struggle,
- take sides,
- thrash out,
- to-do,
- trial,
- trouble,
- try,
- try conclusions,
- tumult,
- turmoil,
- tussle,
- undertaking,
- uproar,
- verbal engagement,
- war of words,
- whirl,
- wrangle,
- wrangling,
- wrestle,
- yap at