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harried

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 R IY0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Stressed, rushed, panicked, overly busy or preoccupied.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The entire place teemed with harried executives who had no time to talk to one another.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Harassed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of harry

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

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

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, harassed, pestered, vexed

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.