Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "harass" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

cyberharass don't ask, don't tell, don't harass, don't pursue harassable harassed harassedly harasser harassful harasshole harassing harassingly harassive harassment overharass sexually harass unharassable unharassed

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

Idioms: aggravate aggress annoy antagonize attack bedevil boil someone's piss bother botherate bug burn up chafe chap someone's hide cheese off devil disgruntle exasperate frustrate get get at get on someone's nerves get on someone's tits get on someone's wick get someone's Irish up get someone's back up get someone's dander up get someone's goat get someone's nanny get someone's nanny-goat get to get under one's goat get under someone's skin get up give someone the shits grate gravel grind one's gears grotch hack off harsh one's mellow hassle irk irritate jazz molest mommick nark nerve nettle pee off peeve persecute pique piss off provoke put someone's back up rag raise someone's hackles rankle rile rile up roil rub someone the wrong way rub up the wrong way ruffle ruffle someone's feathers sting storm tee off test someone's patience tick off torque off trouble try one's patience vex wind up

Manner Of

annoy attack

Related Terms

nonharassment

Related Terms

annoy burden devastation distress disturb fatigue harassment heckle molest torment trouble waste worry

Synonym Network

annoy badger beset chevy chivy harry hassle molest pester plague provoke tease vex worry

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.