"harassment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /həˈɹæs.mənt/, /ˈhæɹ.əs.mənt/, /-mɪnt/ Audio: En-us-harassment.oga [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-harassment.wav [Southern-England] Forms: harassments [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French harassement. By surface analysis, harass + -ment. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|harassement}} Middle French harassement, {{surf|en|harass|-ment}} By surface analysis, harass + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} harassment (countable and uncountable, plural harassments)
  1. Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress): تَحَرُّش (taḥarruš) [masculine] (Arabic), জ্বালাতন (jalaton) (Bengali), тормо́з (tormóz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), assetjament [masculine] (Catalan), 騷擾 (Chinese Mandarin), 骚扰 (sāorǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), chikane [common-gender] (Danish), ahdistelu (Finnish), harcèlement [masculine] (French), Belästigung [feminine] (German), παρενόχληση (parenóchlisi) [feminine] (Greek), הַטְרָדָה (hatradá) [feminine] (Hebrew), molestia [feminine] (Italian), vessazione [feminine] (Italian), 嫌がらせ (iyagarase) (alt: いやがらせ) (Japanese), 괴롭힘 (goerophim) (Korean), vexacioun (Middle English), vexynge (Middle English), molestowanie [neuter] (Polish), napastowanie [neuter] (Polish), dręczenie [neuter] (Polish), prześladowanie [neuter] (Polish), assédio [masculine] (Portuguese), distrugere [feminine] (Romanian), pustiire (Romanian), домога́тельства (domogátelʹstva) [neuter, plural] (Russian), домога́тельство (domogátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), хара́ссмент (xarássment) [masculine, neologism] (Russian), ха́рассмент (xárassment) [also, masculine] (Russian), sàrachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), acoso [masculine] (Spanish), hostigamiento [masculine] (Spanish), trakasseri [neuter] (Swedish), taciz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-harassment-en-noun-aRwVAUou Disambiguation of 'persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress': 95 2 3
  2. Deliberate pestering or intimidation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (deliberate pestering or annoying): дра́знене (dráznene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), chikane [common-gender] (Danish), pesterij [feminine] (Dutch), ahdistelu (Finnish), häirintä (Finnish), harcèlement [masculine] (French), Belästigung [feminine] (German), Aufdringlichkeit [feminine] (German), assédio [masculine] (Portuguese), incômodo [masculine] (Portuguese), deranj [neuter] (Romanian), imoportunare [feminine] (Romanian), беспоко́йство (bespokójstvo) [neuter] (Russian), агре́ссия (agréssija) [feminine] (Russian), оскорбле́ние (oskorblénije) [neuter] (Russian), притесне́ние (pritesnénije) [neuter] (Russian), sàrachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), trakasseri [neuter] (Swedish), taciz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-harassment-en-noun-ZTM6BWuG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 53 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 23 55 23 Disambiguation of 'deliberate pestering or annoying': 7 87 6
  3. (military) The use of repeated small-scale attacks to wear down an enemy force. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-harassment-en-noun-TLU6Esdm Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: torment, molestation Derived forms: harassment and interdiction, sexual harassment, street harassment, textual harassment

Inflected forms

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    }
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}
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms suffixed with -ment",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "harassment and interdiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "sexual harassment"
    },
    {
      "word": "street harassment"
    },
    {
      "word": "textual harassment"
    }
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            "2": "хара́ссмент",
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          "name": "desc"
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    }
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        "(military) The use of repeated small-scale attacks to wear down an enemy force."
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        "countable",
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      ],
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        "military",
        "politics",
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      "ipa": "/həˈɹæs.mənt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhæɹ.əs.mənt/"
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    {
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      "word": "torment"
    },
    {
      "word": "molestation"
    }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taḥarruš",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَحَرُّش"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "jalaton",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "word": "জ্বালাতন"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tormóz",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тормо́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assetjament"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "word": "騷擾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sāorǎo",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "word": "骚扰"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "chikane"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "word": "ahdistelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "harcèlement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Belästigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parenóchlisi",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παρενόχληση"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hatradá",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הַטְרָדָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "molestia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vessazione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いやがらせ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iyagarase",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "word": "嫌がらせ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "goerophim",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "word": "괴롭힘"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "word": "vexacioun"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "word": "vexynge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "molestowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "napastowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dręczenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prześladowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assédio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "distrugere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "word": "pustiire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "domogátelʹstva",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "домога́тельства"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "domogátelʹstvo",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "домога́тельство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xarássment",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neologism"
      ],
      "word": "хара́ссмент"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xárassment",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ха́рассмент"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sàrachadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hostigamiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "trakasseri"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress",
      "word": "taciz"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dráznene",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дра́знене"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "chikane"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pesterij"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "word": "ahdistelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "word": "häirintä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "harcèlement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Belästigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aufdringlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assédio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incômodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "deranj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "imoportunare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bespokójstvo",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "беспоко́йство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "agréssija",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "агре́ссия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oskorblénije",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "оскорбле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pritesnénije",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "притесне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sàrachadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "trakasseri"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "deliberate pestering or annoying",
      "word": "taciz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "harassment"
}

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