All molest synonyms

verb molest

• fondle — to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress: to fondle a precious object; to fondle a child.
• accost — If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening.
• maltreat — to treat or handle badly, cruelly, or roughly; abuse: to maltreat a prisoner.
• rape — the residue of grapes, after the juice has been extracted, used as a filter in making vinegar.
• injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
• tease — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
• frighten — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
• harass — to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
• abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
• torment — to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
• persecute — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
• scare — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
• terrify — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
• intrude — to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
• disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
• displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
• hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
• misuse — wrong or improper use; misapplication.
• assail — If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
• interfere — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
• meddle — to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
• bait — Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
• afflict — If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
• perturb — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
• confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
• beset — If someone or something is beset by problems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely.
• vex — to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
• worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
• badger — A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
• pester — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
• disquiet — lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness.
• heckle — to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
• irritate — to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
• hector — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
• irk — to irritate, annoy, or exasperate: It irked him to wait in line.
• pother — commotion; uproar.
• discompose — to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle: The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
• obtrude — to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation: to obtrude one's opinions upon others.
• plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
• interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• bug — A bug is an insect or similar small creature.
• bedevil — If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time.
• pursue — to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
• upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
• harry — to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.