"harassment" meaning in English

See harassment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /həˈɹæs.mənt/, /ˈhæɹ.əs.mənt/, /-mɪnt/ Audio: En-us-harassment.oga , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-harassment.wav 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 /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), whakatīwhetatanga (Maori), 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)
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  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 Disambiguation of 'deliberate pestering or annoying': 7 88 5
  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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    },
    {
      "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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