harassment

English

Noun

harassment (plural harassments)

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

Synonyms

• torment
• molestation

Derived terms

• verbal harassment
• workplace harassment
• sexual harassment

Translations

Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress

• Bengali: জ্বালাতন (bn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 騷擾 (cmn), 骚扰 (cmn) (sāorǎo)

• Danish: chikane (da) c
• Finnish: ahdistelu (fi)
• French: harcèlement (fr) m
• German: Belästigung (de) f

• Greek: παρενόχληση (el) (parenóchlisi) f
• Japanese: 嫌がらせ (ja) (いやがらせ, iyagarase)
• Russian: домогательства (ru) (domogátel’stva) n pl
• Scottish Gaelic: sàrachadh (gd) m
• Spanish: acoso (es) m
• Turkish: taciz (tr)

deliberate pestering or annoying

• Danish: chikane (da) c
• Finnish: ahdistelu (fi), häirintä (fi)
• German: Belästigung (de) f

• Scottish Gaelic: sàrachadh (gd) m
• Turkish: taciz (tr)