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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented;
- Example: "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"
[syn: harassment, torment]

2. the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism;
[syn: harassment, molestation]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Harassment \Har"ass*ment\ (-ment), n.
   The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry;
   annoyance; anxiety.
   [1913 Webster]

         Little harassments which I am led to suspect do
         occasionally molest the most fortunate.  --Ld. Lytton.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

harassment
    n 1: a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented;
         "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his
         tormentors" [syn: harassment, torment]
    2: the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and
       criticism [syn: harassment, molestation]