harassment

English

Etymology

From Middle French harassement; synchronically analyzable as harass +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həˈɹæsmənt/, /ˈhæɹəsmənt/

Noun

harassment (countable and uncountable, plural harassments)

1. Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.
2. Deliberate pestering or annoying.
3. Excessive intimidation.

Synonyms

• torment
• molestation

Derived terms

• verbal harassment
• workplace harassment
• sexual harassment

Translations

persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress

• Bengali: জ্বালাতন (jbalatôn)
• Bulgarian: тормоз (bg) m (tormoz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 騷擾 (zh), 骚扰 (zh) (sāorǎo)

• Danish: chikane (da) c
• Finnish: ahdistelu (fi)
• French: harcèlement (fr) m
• German: Belästigung (de) f
• Greek: παρενόχληση (el) f (parenóchlisi)
• Hebrew: הַטְרָדָה‎ f (hatradá)

• Italian: molestia (it) f, vessazione (it) f
• Japanese: 嫌がらせ (いやがらせ, iyagarase)
• Korean: 괴롭힘 (goerophim)
• Portuguese: assédio (pt) m
• Romanian: distrugere (ro) f, pustiire (ro)
• Russian: домога́тельства (ru) n pl (domogátelʹstva), домога́тельство (ru) n (domogátelʹstvo), хара́ссмент (ru) m (xarássment) (neologism), ха́рассмент (ru) m (xárassment) (also)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàrachadh m
• Spanish: acoso (es) m
• Swedish: trakasseri (sv) n
• Turkish: taciz (tr)

deliberate pestering or annoying

• Bulgarian: дразнене (bg) n (draznene)
• Danish: chikane (da) c
• Dutch: pesterij (nl)
• Finnish: ahdistelu (fi), häirintä (fi)
• French: harcèlement (fr) m
• German: Belästigung (de) f, Aufdringlichkeit f

• Portuguese: assédio (pt) m, incômodo (pt) m
• Romanian: deranj (ro) n, imoportunare f
• Russian: беспоко́йство (ru) n (bespokójstvo), агре́ссия (ru) f (agréssija), оскорбле́ние (ru) n (oskorblénije), притесне́ние (ru) n (pritesnénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàrachadh m
• Swedish: trakasseri (sv) n
• Turkish: taciz (tr)