adj
Meaning 1
Subject to harassment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
harassed
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: HH ER0 AE1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of harass
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- harassed working mothers
- a harried expression
- her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions
- the vexed parents of an unruly teenager
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: annoyed, harried, pestered, vexed
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English harass Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English harassed From harass + -ed.
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