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HARRIED

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Dictionary entry overview: What does harried mean?

• HARRIED (adjective)
The adjective HARRIED has 1 sense:

1. troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances

Familiarity information: HARRIED used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HARRIED (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances

Synonyms:

harassed; harried; pestered; vexed; annoyed

Context examples:

harassed working mothers / a harried expression / her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions / the vexed parents of an unruly teenager

Similar:

troubled (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need)

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