Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: harass
IPA transcription: [hɚ'æs]
Pronunciations of harass
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: harass
    Meaning: exhaust by attacking repeatedly; "harass the enemy"
  • Synonyms: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
    Meaning: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
Usage examples
  • I must not harass you; but is there any--do you see the slightest change of any kind?'
  • Six North-Enders, having rushed out to harass the discomfited enemy, were gallantly cut off by General Ames and captured.
  • Hannibal, seeing that the Romans would not fight, detached his Numidian cavalry across the river to cut off the Roman foraging parties and to surround and harass their smaller camp on that side of the river.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power, License CC BY-SA 4.0