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harass
Overview of verb harass
The verb harass has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke -- (annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers")
2. harass -- (exhaust by attacking repeatedly; "harass the enemy")
Grep of noun harass
harasser
harassing fire
harassment
Antonyms of verb harass
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb harass
2 senses of harass
Sense 1
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
=> annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
=> displease
Sense 2
harass
=> attack, aggress
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb harass
1 of 2 senses of harass
Sense 1
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
=> needle, goad
=> torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
=> haze
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb harass
2 senses of harass
Sense 1
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
=> annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
Sense 2
harass
=> attack, aggress
'Cause To' of verb harass
Derived Forms of verb harass
2 senses of harass
Sense 1
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
RELATED TO>(noun) harasser#1
=> harasser
RELATED TO>(noun) harassment#2
=> harassment, molestation
Sense 2
harass
RELATED TO>(noun) harasser#2
=> harasser, harrier
Domain of verb harass
Domain Terms of verb harass
Familiarity of verb harass
harass used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb harass
2 senses of harass
Sense 1
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
harass
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb harass
2 senses of harass
Sense 1
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
> annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
=> get, get under one's skin
=> eat into, fret, rankle, grate
=> peeve
=> ruffle
=> fret
=> harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
=> antagonize, antagonise
Sense 2
harass
> attack, aggress
=> check
=> fork
=> harass
=> pin
=> tackle
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb harass
Sense 1
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
=> annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
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Sense 2
harass
=> attack, aggress
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Grep of verb harass
harass
Grep of adj harass
harassed
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