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- [huh-ras, har-uh s]
- /həˈræs, ˈhær əs/
- /ˈhær.əs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [huh-ras, har-uh s]
- /həˈræs, ˈhær əs/
Definitions of harassing word
- verb with object harassing to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute. 1
- verb with object harassing to trouble by repeated attacks, incursions, etc., as in war or hostilities; harry; raid. 1
- noun harassing Present participle of harass. 1
- noun harassing harassment. 0
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Origin of harassing
First appearance:
before 1610 One of the 40% oldest English words
1610-20; < French, Middle French harasser to harry, harass, verbal derivative of harace, harache (in phrase courre a la harace pursue), equivalent to hare cry used to urge dogs on (< Frankish *hara here, from this side; compare Old High German hera, Middle Dutch hare) + -asse augmentative or pejorative suffix < Latin -ācea
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Parts of speech for Harassing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
harassing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
harassing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for harassing
adjective harassing
- upsetting — overturned: an upset milk pail.
- harmful — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
- disturbing — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- troublous — characterized by trouble; unsettled: troublous times.
- importunate — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
noun harassing
- ribbing — one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
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