harassment

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /həˈɹæsmənt/, /ˈhæɹəsmənt/

Noun

harassment (countable and uncountable, plural harassments)

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

Synonyms

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 (domogáel'stvo), 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), притеснение (ru) n (pritesnenije)
Scottish Gaelic: sàrachadh m
Swedish: trakasseri (sv) n
Turkish: taciz (tr)

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