"molest" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /məˈlɛst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-molest.wav Forms: molests [present, singular, third-person], molesting [participle, present], molested [participle, past], molested [past]
Rhymes: -ɛst Etymology: From Middle English molesten, from Old French molester, from Latin molestō (“to trouble, annoy, molest”), from molestus (“troublesome”), from moles (“a burden, difficulty, labor, trouble”); see mole. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|molesten}} Middle English molesten, {{der|en|fro|molester}} Old French molester, {{der|en|la|molestō||to trouble, annoy, molest}} Latin molestō (“to trouble, annoy, molest”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} molest (third-person singular simple present molests, present participle molesting, simple past and past participle molested)
  1. To sexually assault or sexually harass. Synonyms: come on to, diddle, touch
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  2. To annoy, trouble, or afflict. Synonyms: bother, disturb, annoy Translations (to annoy intentionally): ὀχλέω (okhléō) (Ancient Greek), задявам (zadjavam) (Bulgarian), kiusata (Finnish), vaivata (Finnish), rasittaa (Finnish), häiritä (Finnish), ärsyttää (Finnish), embêter (French), belästigen (German), turatura (Maori), mui (Maori), whakatete (Maori), eġlan (Old English), آزار دادن (âzâr dâdan) (Persian), molestować [imperfective] (Polish), naprzykrzać się [imperfective] (Polish), molestar (Portuguese), molesta (Romanian), necăji (Romanian), досажда́ть (dosaždátʹ) (Russian), molestar (Spanish), störa (Swedish), чіплятися (čipljatysja) (Ukrainian), докучати (dokučaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-molest-en-verb-wTcQ-qXj Disambiguation of 'to annoy intentionally': 4 93 3
  3. (obsolete) To disturb or tamper with. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: dabble in, interfere with, meddle with Translations (to disturb or tamper with): безпокоя (bezpokoja) (Bulgarian), häiritä (Finnish), molestować [imperfective] (Polish), störa (Swedish), ofreda (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-molest-en-verb-1u2yyTvm Disambiguation of 'to disturb or tamper with': 2 17 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: molester, molestful Related terms: molestation Translations (to abuse): assetjar (Catalan), antaste (Danish), kiusata (Finnish), ahdistella (Finnish), käyttää hyväksi (english: sexually) (Finnish), hyväksikäyttää (english: sexually) (Finnish), violer (French), abuser (French), κακοποιώ (kakopoió) (Greek), ασελγώ (aselgó) (Greek), tūkino (Maori), takakino (Maori), whakakino (Maori), whakakinokino (Maori), turatura (Maori), antaste (Norwegian Bokmål), molestować [imperfective] (Polish), molestar (Portuguese), совращать (sovraščatʹ) (Russian), растлевать (rastlevatʹ) (Russian), acosar (Spanish), antasta (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'to abuse': 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "To sexually assault or sexually harass."
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          "ref": "1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):",
          "text": "They have molested the church with needless opposition.",
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          "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
          "word": "turatura"
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          "roman": "âzâr dâdan",
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          "word": "necăji"
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          "roman": "dosaždátʹ",
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          "word": "досажда́ть"
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          "roman": "čipljatysja",
          "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
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        "(obsolete) To disturb or tamper with."
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
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      "word": "molester"
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          "word": "come on to"
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          "word": "diddle"
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          "word": "touch"
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          "ref": "1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):",
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          "ref": "2020, Chief Executive in Council, “Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition on Group Gathering) Regulation”, in Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, Section 13(1), page B555:",
          "text": "A person must not delay, obstruct, hinder or molest an authorized officer who is performing a function under this Regulation.",
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        "To disturb or tamper with."
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        "(obsolete) To disturb or tamper with."
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          "word": "dabble in"
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          "word": "interfere with"
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          "word": "meddle with"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zadjavam",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "задявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "kiusata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "vaivata"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "rasittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "häiritä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "ärsyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "embêter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "belästigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "okhléō",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "ὀχλέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "turatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "mui"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "whakatete"
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    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "eġlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âzâr dâdan",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "آزار دادن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "molestować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "naprzykrzać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "molestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "molesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "necăji"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dosaždátʹ",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "досажда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "molestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "störa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čipljatysja",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "чіплятися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dokučaty",
      "sense": "to annoy intentionally",
      "word": "докучати"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "assetjar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "antaste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "kiusata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "ahdistella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "sexually",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "käyttää hyväksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "sexually",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "hyväksikäyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "violer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "abuser"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kakopoió",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "κακοποιώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aselgó",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "ασελγώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "tūkino"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "takakino"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "whakakino"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "whakakinokino"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "turatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "antaste"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "molestować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "molestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sovraščatʹ",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "совращать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastlevatʹ",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "растлевать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "acosar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to abuse",
      "word": "antasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezpokoja",
      "sense": "to disturb or tamper with",
      "word": "безпокоя"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to disturb or tamper with",
      "word": "häiritä"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to disturb or tamper with",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "molestować"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to disturb or tamper with",
      "word": "störa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to disturb or tamper with",
      "word": "ofreda"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Molest"
  ],
  "word": "molest"
}

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