harassing

§English

§Verb

harassing

1. Present participle of harass.

§Noun

harassing (plural harassings)

1. harassment
   • 1826, Charles Swan, Journal of a voyage up the Mediterranean

     Sometimes we observe these wretched peasants, driven to despair by the harassings of the Boyars, commit the useless imprudence of going to the capital, and, under the windows of the prince, with loud cries, require him to hear their claims.