Sexual harassment has now become a social issue.
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Harassment
//həˈɹæs.mənt//
Synonyms for "harassment" (65 found)
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Related words (32)
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6 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَحَرُّش noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Bengali
1 entries- জ্বালাতন noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дра́знене noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
- тормо́з noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Catalan
1 entries- assetjament noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 騷擾 /骚扰 noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Danish
2 entries- chikane noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- chikane noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
Dutch
1 entries- pesterij noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
Finnish
3 entries- ahdistelu noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- ahdistelu noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
- häirintä noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
French
2 entries- harcèlement noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- harcèlement noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
German
3 entries- Aufdringlichkeit noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
- Belästigung noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- Belästigung noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
Greek
1 entries- παρενόχληση noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Hebrew
1 entries- הַטְרָדָה noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Italian
2 entries- molestia noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- vessazione noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Japanese
1 entries- 嫌がらせ noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Korean
1 entries- 괴롭힘 noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Middle English
2 entries- vexacioun noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- vexynge noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Māori
1 entries- whakatīwhetatanga noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Polish
4 entries- dręczenie noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- molestowanie noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- napastowanie noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- prześladowanie noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Portuguese
3 entries- assédio noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- assédio noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
- incômodo noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
Romanian
4 entries- deranj noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
- distrugere noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- imoportunare noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
- pustiire noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Russian
4 entries- агре́ссия noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
- беспоко́йство noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
- домога́тельства noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- домога́тельство noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- sàrachadh noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- sàrachadh noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
Spanish
2 entries- acoso noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- hostigamiento noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
Swedish
2 entries- trakasseri noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- trakasseri noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
Turkish
2 entries- taciz noun (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress)
- taciz noun (deliberate pestering or annoying)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
When I told her I'd never seen such a homely girl, she accused me of sexual harassment.
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Women's rights groups are going after sexual harassment.
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She said that what they were doing was contrary to the company's sexual harassment policy.
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