Synonyms for harassment
həˈræs mənt, ˈhær əs-ha·rass·ment

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1. harassmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   torment, molestation

2. harassmentnoun

   Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.

   Synonyms:
   torment, molestation

3. harassmentnoun

   Deliberate pestering or annoying.

   Synonyms:
   torment, molestation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. harassment, tormentnoun

   a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented

   "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"

   Synonyms:
   badgering, worrying, molestation, torture, anguish, bedevilment, agony, curse, torment

2. harassment, molestationnoun

   the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism

   Synonyms:
   molestation, torment

Matched Categories

1. • Annoyance
   • Mistreatment

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "harassment":

   bullying, harassed, mobbing, stalking, anti-harassment, intimidation, persecution, nuisance, badgering, harassing, molestation, disturbance

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1. William Jeffress:

   We asked everybody an open-ended question -- 'Are you aware of any complaints of any illegal, unethical conduct, including discrimination or harassment?' And the answer was uniformly no, we never heard of any allegation against him of that sort.

2. Van Winkle:

   We have a sexual harassment policy, we have a memo that clarifies response and reporting of sexual harassment, we have regulations on hazing and bullying, we have a policy that covers discriminatory harassment, what this does is pull these together to cover all forms of harassment.

3. Ari Wilkenfeld:

   Linda Vester is glad that the conversation about sexual harassment issues is continuing and Linda Vester will have much more to say very soon.

4. Anita Hill:

   He owes all of us Brandeis University, he owes the country Brandeis University because the affront was not just to me. It was really a disservice to every one of us -- not just on behalf of sexual harassment victims but also on behalf of those people who believe in the integrity of Supreme Court and that it should be protected by the Senate, whose role is to advise on judicial nominations.

5. Letitia James:

   Every young person -- regardless of race -- deserves the chance to attend school free of harassment, bias, and discrimination, lessons designed to separate children on the basis of race have no place in New York classrooms, or in classrooms throughout this country.