Tom attempted to molest the eight-year-old child.
Source: tatoeba (3922293)
Molest
//məˈlɛst//
Synonyms for "molest" (226 found)
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Strong matches (67)
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Verb(48 words)
get under someone's skinget upgive someone the shitsgrategrind one's gearsgrotchhack offharassharryharsh one's mellowidioms:interfere withirkirritatejazzmeddle withmisdomommicknarknerve
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gripeharmharryhecklehexhoundhunthurtill-treatill-useimpairincommodeinconvenienceinfectinjureinterfere withirkjinxknock aboutmaltreat
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manhandlemaulmeddle withmenacemiffmishandlemistreatnagneedlenettlenudzhoutragepawpeevepersecutepickpiqueplay havoc withplay hob withpluck the beardpoisonpollutepotherprejudiceprovokepursueriderileroilroughrough uprufflesavagescathetaintthreatentorturetry the patiencetweak the nosevictimizeviolatewoundwreak havocwreak havoc onwrong
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9 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὀχλέω verb (to annoy intentionally)
Bulgarian
2 entries- безпокоя verb (to disturb or tamper with)
- задявам verb (to annoy intentionally)
Catalan
1 entries- assetjar verb (to abuse)
Danish
1 entries- antaste verb (to abuse)
Finnish
4 entries- ahdistella verb (to abuse)
- hyväksikäyttää verb (to abuse)
- häiritä verb (to annoy intentionally)
- häiritä verb (to disturb or tamper with)
French
3 entries- abuser verb (to abuse)
- embêter verb (to annoy intentionally)
- violer verb (to abuse)
German
1 entries- belästigen verb (to annoy intentionally)
Greek
2 entries- ασελγώ verb (to abuse)
- κακοποιώ verb (to abuse)
Irish
1 entries- cuir isteach ar verb (to annoy intentionally)
Māori
4 entries- mui verb (to annoy intentionally)
- takakino verb (to abuse)
- turatura verb (to annoy intentionally)
- turatura verb (to abuse)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- antaste verb (to abuse)
Old English
1 entries- eġlan verb (to annoy intentionally)
Persian
1 entries- آزار دادن verb (to annoy intentionally)
Polish
4 entries- molestować verb (to annoy intentionally)
- molestować verb (to abuse)
- molestować verb (to disturb or tamper with)
- naprzykrzać się verb (to annoy intentionally)
Portuguese
2 entries- molestar verb (to annoy intentionally)
- molestar verb (to abuse)
Romanian
2 entries- molesta verb (to annoy intentionally)
- necăji verb (to annoy intentionally)
Russian
3 entries- досажда́ть verb (to annoy intentionally)
- растлевать verb (to abuse)
- совращать verb (to abuse)
Spanish
4 entries- abusar sexualmente verb (To sexually assault or sexually harass)
- acosar verb (to abuse)
- acosar sexualmente verb (To sexually assault or sexually harass)
- apalpar indebidamente verb (To sexually assault or sexually harass)
Swedish
4 entries- antasta verb (to abuse)
- ofreda verb (to disturb or tamper with)
- störa verb (to annoy intentionally)
- störa verb (to disturb or tamper with)
Ukrainian
2 entries- докучати verb (to annoy intentionally)
- чіплятися verb (to annoy intentionally)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The bee makes honey, which the drone devours. The wasp and the hornet molest with a sting: and especially cattle, so do the gadfly (breeze), the fly and the gnat.
Source: tatoeba (7355812)
At last he simmered down, choked out his explanations. And the news was indeed enormous. That afternoon, just three hours earlier, his younger sister, Gina, had been molested, debauched, as she crossed a children's playground in the park.
Source: wiktionary
They have molested the church with needless opposition.
Source: wiktionary
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