Harassed

adj, verb

adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of harass form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
troubledannoyedannoyedanxiousbadgeredbaited

Example

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"The harassed mule got his back up and began kicking up dust."

Etymology

From harass + -ed.

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