harassed
adjectiveverbattested in dialogue
Subject to harassment.
adjective
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Subject to harassment.
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes,[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
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.
verb
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Also a form of harasssimple past and past participle of harass
Forms
- comparative
- more harassed
- superlative
- most harassed