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Webster 1913 Edition

Harassment

Har′ass-ment

(-ment)

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Noun.

The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.

Little

harassments

which I am led to suspect do occasionally molest the most fortunate.

Ld. Lytton.

Definition 2024

harassment

harassment

English

Noun

harassment ‎(countable and uncountable, plural harassments)

Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.
Deliberate pestering or annoying.
Excessive intimidation.

Synonyms

Derived terms

verbal harassment
workplace harassment
sexual harassment

Translations

Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress

Bengali: জ্বালাতন ‎(jbalatôn)
Bulgarian: тормоз (bg) m ‎(tormoz)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 騷擾 (zh), 骚扰 (zh) ‎(sāorǎo)
Danish: chikane (da) c
Finnish: ahdistelu (fi)
French: harcèlement (fr) m
German: Belästigung (de) f
Greek: παρενόχληση (el) f ‎(parenóchlisi)
Italian: molestia (it) f

Japanese: 嫌がらせ ‎(いやがらせ, iyagarase)
Portuguese: assédio (pt) m, incômodo (pt)
Romanian: distrugere (ro) f, pustiire (ro)
Russian: домога́тельства (ru) n pl ‎(domogátelʹstva), домога́тельство (ru) n ‎(domogáel'stvo)
Scottish Gaelic: sàrachadh m
Spanish: acoso (es) m
Swedish: trakasseri (sv) n
Turkish: taciz (tr)

deliberate pestering or annoying

Bulgarian: дразнене (bg) n ‎(draznene)
Danish: chikane (da) c
Dutch: pesterij
Finnish: ahdistelu (fi), häirintä (fi)
French: harcèlement (fr) m
German: Belästigung (de) f, Aufdringlichkeit f
Portuguese: assédio (pt) m
Romanian: deranj (ro) n, imoportunare f

Russian: беспоко́йство (ru) n ‎(bespokójstvo), агре́ссия (ru) f ‎(agréssija), оскорбле́ние (ru) n ‎(oskorblénije), притеснение (ru) n ‎(pritesnenije)
Scottish Gaelic: sàrachadh m
Swedish: trakasseri (sv) n
Turkish: taciz (tr)