Associations to the word «Harassment»

Wiktionary

HARASSMENT, noun. Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.
HARASSMENT, noun. Deliberate pestering or annoying.

Dictionary definition

HARASSMENT, noun. A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors".
HARASSMENT, noun. The act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats