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harassment
CIDE DICTIONARY
harassment, n.
The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety. [1913 Webster]
"Little harassments which I am led to suspect do occasionally molest the most fortunate." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
harassment
McCarthyism, aggravation, annoyance, annoyingness, bad news, bedevilment, bore, bother, botheration, bothering, bothersomeness, crashing bore, devilment, difficulty, disturbance, dogging, downer, drag, exasperation, fretting, harrying, headache, hounding, irking, irksomeness, irritation, molestation, nuisance, oppression, persecution, perturbation, peskiness, pest, pestiferousness, plaguesomeness, problem, provocation, provoking, provokingness, red-baiting, tiresomeness, torment, tormenting, trial, trouble, troublesomeness, vexation, vexatiousness, vexing, victimization, wearisomeness, witch-hunt, witch-hunting, worriedness, worries and cares, worriment, worrisomeness, worry, worryingFor further exploring for "harassment" in Webster Dictionary Online