Phrase guide

sexual harassment

noun · 2 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌsɛkʃuəl ˈhæɹəsmənt/
  • /ˌsɛkʃuəl həˈɹæsmənt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Harassment in the form of unwelcome sexual advances or remarks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • All new hires at this job are trained on how to prevent and how to respond to sexual harassment.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

unwelcome sexual behavior by a supervisor toward an employee

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: harassment, molestation

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَحَرُّش جِنْسِيّ (taḥarruš jinsiyy) — sexual harassment
  • Armenian: սեռական ոտնձգություն (seṙakan otnjgutʻyun) — sexual harassment
  • Azerbaijani: cinsi təcavüz — sexual harassment
  • Catalan: assetjament sexual — sexual harassment
  • Chinese Cantonese: 性騷擾 /性骚扰 — sexual harassment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性騷擾 /性骚扰 (xìngsāorǎo) — sexual harassment
  • Dutch: seksuele intimidatie — sexual harassment
  • Dutch: ongewenste intimiteiten — sexual harassment
  • Esperanto: seksa mobingo — sexual harassment
  • Finnish: seksuaalinen häirintä — sexual harassment
  • French: harcèlement sexuel — sexual harassment
  • Georgian: სექსუალური შევიწროება (seksualuri ševic̣roeba) — sexual harassment
  • German: sexuelle Belästigung — sexual harassment
  • Hebrew: הַטְרָדָה מִינִית — sexual harassment
  • Hindi: Eve teasing, only man on woman) ईव-टीज़िंग (īv-ṭīziṅg) — sexual harassment
  • Indonesian: pelecehan seksual — sexual harassment
  • Irish: ciapadh gnéasach — sexual harassment
  • Italian: molestia sessuale — sexual harassment
  • Japanese: セクシャルハラスメント (sekusharu harasumento) — sexual harassment
  • Japanese: セクハラ (sekuhara) — sexual harassment
  • Kazakh: жыныстық алымсақтық (jynystyq alymsaqtyq) — sexual harassment
  • Kongo: жыныстык асылууга (jınıstık asıluuga) — sexual harassment
  • Korean: 성희롱 (seonghuirong) — sexual harassment
  • Lithuanian: seksualinis priekabiavimas — sexual harassment
  • Malay: gangguan seksual — sexual harassment
  • Norwegian Bokmål: seksuell trakassering — sexual harassment
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: seksuell trakassering — sexual harassment
  • Polish: molestowanie seksualne — sexual harassment
  • Polish: napastowanie seksualne — sexual harassment
  • Portuguese: assédio sexual — sexual harassment
  • Romanian: hărțuire sexuală — sexual harassment
  • Russian: сексуа́льные домога́тельства (seksuálʹnyje domogátelʹstva) — sexual harassment
  • Spanish: acoso sexual — sexual harassment
  • Spanish: hostigamiento sexual — sexual harassment
  • Swedish: sexuella trakasserier — sexual harassment
  • Swedish: sexuellt ofredande — sexual harassment
  • Tamil: பாலியல் துன்புறுத்தல் (pāliyal tuṉpuṟuttal) — sexual harassment
  • Thai: การคุกคามทางเพศ (gaan-kúk-kaam-taang-pêet) — sexual harassment
  • Turkish: cinsel taciz — sexual harassment
  • Ukrainian: сексуа́льні домага́ння (seksuálʹni domahánnja) — sexual harassment
  • Uzbek: jinsiy shilqimlik — sexual harassment
  • Vietnamese: quấy rối tình dục — sexual harassment
  • Welsh: aflonyddwch rhywiol — sexual harassment