harassment

nouncommon in dialogue

//həˈɹæsmənt//
//ˈhæɹəsmənt//

Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.

noun

1
Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.
2
Deliberate pestering or intimidation.
“As a result, OCR found that the district’s pattern of inconsistent responses to reports it received of sexual harassment – infrequently responding under Title IX or not responding at all – rose to the level that the district’s response to some families’ sexual harassment reports was deliberately indifferent to students’ civil rights,” a news release from DOE reads.
3
The use of repeated small-scale attacks to wear down an enemy force.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French harassement. By surface analysis, harass + -ment.

Forms

plural: harassments

harass · To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.harassed · Subject to harassment.harassing · Characterized by harassment; pestering, intimidating,…

harassment · Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.

harbor · Any place of shelter.Harbor · A surname, variant of Harbour.harbour · Standard spelling of harbor.

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