It's a hassle trying to decide what to wear to the party.
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Hassle
//ˈhæsl̩//
Synonyms for "hassle" (276 found)
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Closest matches (56)
Strong matches (82)
Verb(30 words)
devildisgruntledisturbexasperatefrustrategetget on someone's nervesget on someone's titsget on someone's wickget someone's back upget someone's dander upget someone's goatget someone's irish upget someone's nannyget someone's nanny-goatget under one's goatget under someone's goatget under someone's skinget upgive someone the shits
Related words (138)
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5 entriesTranslations
100 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- караница noun (fight or argument)
- неприятност noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- проблем noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- спор noun (fight or argument)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 騷攪 /骚搅 verb (To trouble, to bother, to annoy)
Czech
4 entries- nepříjemnosti noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- nepříjemnosti noun (action which is not worth the difficulty involved)
- potíže noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- potíže noun (action which is not worth the difficulty involved)
Danish
4 entries- besvær noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- bøvl noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- mas noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- skænderi noun (fight or argument)
Dutch
1 entries- poeha noun (action which is not worth the difficulty involved)
Finnish
4 entries- kina noun (fight or argument)
- riita noun (fight or argument)
- sählinki noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- sähläys noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
French
4 entries- dispute noun (fight or argument)
- lutte noun (fight or argument)
- peine noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- tracas noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
German
4 entries- Mühe noun (action which is not worth the difficulty involved)
- Schererei noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- Streit noun (fight or argument)
- Zank noun (fight or argument)
Hindi
2 entries- तंग करना verb (To trouble, to bother, to annoy)
- सिर खाना verb (To trouble, to bother, to annoy)
Italian
2 entries- inconveniente noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- problema noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
Māori
4 entries- hawene verb (To trouble, to bother, to annoy)
- whakahōhā verb (To trouble, to bother, to annoy)
- whakangari verb (To trouble, to bother, to annoy)
- whakatōwenewene verb (To trouble, to bother, to annoy)
Norwegian
1 entries- styr noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
Persian
1 entries- دردسر noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
Polish
4 entries- kłopot noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- kłótnia noun (fight or argument)
- problem noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- zadrzeć verb (To pick a fight or start an argument)
Portuguese
2 entries- aborrecer verb (To trouble, to bother, to annoy)
- incomodar verb (To trouble, to bother, to annoy)
Russian
4 entries- барье́р noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- геморро́й noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- моро́ка noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- нервотрёпка noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
Spanish
4 entries- apuro noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- bronca noun (fight or argument)
- complicación noun (action which is not worth the difficulty involved)
- fastidio noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
Swedish
2 entries- besvär noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
- krångel noun (trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
It may seem like a hassle, but I think you ought to go back to the basics and start over. Haste makes waste they say.
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It's a hassle to take the husks off of chestnuts.
Source: tatoeba (1190320)
What a hassle!
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