harassment

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French harassement.

NounEdit

harassment ‎(countable and uncountable, plural harassments)

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

SynonymsEdit

• torment
• molestation

Derived termsEdit

• verbal harassment
• workplace harassment
• sexual harassment

TranslationsEdit

Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress

• Bengali: জ্বালাতন ‎(jbalatôn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 騷擾, 骚扰 (zh) ‎(sāorǎo)

• Danish: chikane (da) c
• Finnish: ahdistelu (fi)
• French: harcèlement (fr) m
• German: Belästigung (de) f
• Greek: παρενόχληση (el) f ‎(parenóchlisi)
• Italian: molestia (it) f

• Japanese: 嫌がらせ ‎(いやがらせ, iyagarase)
• Portuguese: assédio (pt) m, incômodo (pt)
• Romanian: distrugere (ro) f, pustiire (ro)
• Russian: домога́тельства (ru) n pl ‎(domogátelʹstva), домога́тельство (ru) n ‎(domogáel'stvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàrachadh m
• Spanish: acoso (es) m
• Swedish: trakasseri (sv) n
• Turkish: taciz (tr)

deliberate pestering or annoying

• Danish: chikane (da) c
• Dutch: pesterij
• Finnish: ahdistelu (fi), häirintä (fi)
• French: harcèlement (fr) m
• German: Belästigung (de) f, Aufdringlichkeit f
• Portuguese: assédio (pt) m
• Romanian: deranj (ro) n, imoportunare f

• Russian: беспоко́йство (ru) n ‎(bespokójstvo), агре́ссия (ru) f ‎(agréssija), оскорбле́ние (ru) n ‎(oskorblénije), притеснение (ru) n ‎(pritesnenije)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàrachadh m
• Swedish: trakasseri (sv) n
• Turkish: taciz (tr)