Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of harassing, or the state of being harassed; vexation; that which harasses or vexes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Persistent attacks and criticism causing
worry anddistress . - noun Deliberate
pestering orannoying .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
- noun a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
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Examples
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Of particular concern is the expansion of the term harassment to include “harassment by communication,” which means a person can be convicted on the basis of spoken words alone.19
Can America Survive? John Hagee 2010
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Of particular concern is the expansion of the term harassment to include “harassment by communication,” which means a person can be convicted on the basis of spoken words alone.19
Can America Survive? John Hagee 2010
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Etiquette is being rewritten, the word harassment has taken on a new meaning, training books for office protocol and politically correct phrasing are everywhere.
Reposition Yourself T.D. Jakes 2007
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Robert Klein Engler, a former adjunct professor at Roosevelt University, wants to tell his story, and with the word harassment lingering around his name it is not hard to understand why he is deeply concerned with clearing his reputation.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Story by Charlsie Dewey, courtesy of The Windy City Times Robert Klein Engler, a former adjunct professor at Roosevelt University, wants to tell his story, and with the word harassment lingering arou...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Rape is never to be defended, but I think the term harassment is too broad and is being abused in this situation.
Latest Articles 2009
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The group refers to what it calls harassment and arbitrary arrests ofcivil society activistsand political opponents.
Human Rights Watch Asks SADC to Pressure Zimbabwe on Harassment, Arbitrary Arrests 2011
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Mr. Stavis later admitted in testimony that the word "harassment" was used by him, and not Mr. Jackson.
New Tack in Extortion Case Michael Rothfeld 2011
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By the mid-2000s, he found himself the defendant in a series of what he calls harassment lawsuits, filed by people he said had ties to the security agencies.
Life Under the Gaze of Gadhafi's Spies Margaret Coker 2011
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LEMON: Filmmaker Michael Moore says he's facing what he calls harassment from the Bush administration.
vanishedone commented on the word harassment
I wouldn't have said harassment was a feeling, which is what the top two WeirdNet definitions imply.
August 15, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word harassment
Me neither.
I saw some stupid commercial last night in which a young man said that "being American" was the greatest feeling he could have. Really? A feeling?
August 15, 2008