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harass

English

Etymology

From Old French harasser (“to tire out, to vex”), of obscure origin, perhaps from Old French harer (“to stir up, provoke, set a dog on”) and/or Old French harier (“to harry”); see harry; compare Old French harace (“a basket made of cords”), harace, harasse (“a very heavy and large shield”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: h?r?s?, h??r?s, IPA(key): /h???æs/, /?hæ??s/
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: h??r?s, h?r?s?, IPA(key): /?hæ??s/, /h???æs/
  • Rhymes: -æs
  • Rhymes: -ær?s

Verb

harass (third-person singular simple present harasses, present participle harassing, simple past and past participle harassed)

  1. To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts.
  2. To annoy endlessly or systematically.
    Synonyms: beset, chevy, hassle, harry, molest, plague, provoke
    • 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 23[1]
      In my old home, I always knew that John and my master were my friends; but here, although in many ways I was well treated, I had no friend. York might have known, and very likely did know, how that rein harassed me; but I suppose he took it as a matter of course that could not be helped; at any rate nothing was done to relieve me.
  3. To put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties.

Derived terms

  • harasser
  • harassful
  • harassment

Translations

Noun

harass

  1. (obsolete) devastation; waste
  2. (obsolete) worry; harassment
    • The daily harass, and the fight delay'd

Further reading

  • harass in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • harass in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • hassar

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distract

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distractus, from distrah? (“to pull apart”), from dis- + trah? (“to pull”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d?s?t?ækt/
  • Rhymes: -ækt

Verb

distract (third-person singular simple present distracts, present participle distracting, simple past and past participle distracted)

  1. (transitive) To divert the attention of.
  2. (transitive) To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction.

Related terms

  • distracted
  • distractible
  • distracting
  • distraction

Translations

Adjective

distract (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.
  2. (obsolete) Insane; mad.
    • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 6 p. 3[1]:
      (Alone shee beeing left the spoyle of love and death,
      In labour of her griefe outrageously distract,
      The utmost of her spleene on her false lord to act)

See also

  • distraught

Anagrams

  • adstrict

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