harried

Adjective
Synonyms: annoyedharassedpesteredvexed

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances“harassed working mothers”“a harried expression”“her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions”“the vexed parents of an unruly teenager”Synonyms: annoyedharassedpesteredvexed
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

harried \harried\ adj. same as harassed.

Syn: annoyed, harassed, pestered. [WordNet 1.5]

Harry \Har"ry\ (-r[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harried (-r[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Harrying.] [OE. harwen, herien, her[yogh]ien, AS. hergian to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth. harjis, and Lith. karas war. Cf. Harbor, Herald, Heriot.] [1913 Webster]

1.To strip; to pillage; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land. [1913 Webster]

To harry this beautiful region.— W. Irving.[1913 Webster]
A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.— J. Burroughs.[1913 Webster]

2.To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. --Shak.

Syn: To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease; worry; annoy; harass. [1913 Webster]

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