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HASSLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disorderly fighting
Synonyms:
dogfight; hassle; rough-and-tumble; scuffle; tussle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("hassle" is a kind of...):
combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An angry disturbance
Example:
a spot of bother
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hassle" is a kind of...):
disturbance; perturbation (activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption)
Derivation:
hassle (annoy continually or chronically)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they hassle ... he / she / it hassles
Past simple: hassled
Past participle: hassled
-ing form: hassling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annoy continually or chronically
Example:
This man harasses his female co-workers
Synonyms:
beset; chevvy; chevy; chivvy; chivy; harass; harry; hassle; molest; plague; provoke
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "hassle" is one way to...):
annoy; bother; chafe; devil; get at; get to; gravel; irritate; nark; nettle; rag; rile; vex (cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hassle"):
goad; needle (annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism)
bedevil; crucify; dun; frustrate; rag; torment (treat cruelly)
haze (harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot hassle Sue
Derivation:
hassle (an angry disturbance)
