HARASSMENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does harassment mean?
• HARASSMENT (noun)
The noun HARASSMENT has 2 senses:
1. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
2. the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
Familiarity information: HARASSMENT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HARASSMENT (noun)
Meaning:
A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
harassment; torment
Context example:
so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors
Hypernyms ("harassment" is a kind of...):
annoyance; chafe; vexation (anger produced by some annoying irritation)
Meaning:
The act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
harassment; molestation
Hypernyms ("harassment" is a kind of...):
mistreatment (the practice of treating (someone or something) badly)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "harassment"):
baiting (harassment especially of a tethered animal)
badgering; bedevilment; torment; worrying (the act of harassing someone)
sexual harassment (unwelcome sexual behavior by a supervisor toward an employee)
ribbing; tantalization; tease; teasing (the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances)
witch-hunt (searching out and harassing dissenters)
