Meanings
comparative more harassing · superlative most harassing
- Characterized by harassment; pestering, intimidating.
Friends and co-workers also added that Jodi complained of harassing phone calls in the weeks before she disappeared.
2026 August 10, Nicholas Muhoro, “Jodi Huisentruit, 27, Vanished From Her Apartment Parking Lot in 1995. Police Found Signs of a Struggle”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2026Synonyms: besetting
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of harass
plural harassings
- Harassment.
Sometimes we observe these wretched peasants, driven to despair by the harassings of the Boyars, commit the useless imprudence of going to the capital, and, under the windows of the prince, with loud cries, require him to hear their claims.
1826, Charles Swan, Journal of a voyage up the Mediterranean
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCharacterized by harassment; pestering, intimidating.
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