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Verbs of Helping and Hurting - Verbs for Harassment

Here you will learn some English verbs referring to harassment such as "bother", "trouble", and "pester".

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Categorized English Verbs of Helping and Hurting
to harass

to subject someone to aggressive pressure or intimidation, often causing distress or discomfort

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to bother

to cause someone to feel worried, upset, or concerned

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to trouble

to create problems for someone, resulting in hardship

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to pester

to annoy someone repeatedly by making persistent requests

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to badger

to repeatedly and annoyingly ask someone something, particularly as a way of persuasion

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to bedevil

to continuously create problems for someone or something

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to hound

to constantly chase, pressure, or follow someone to gain or achieve something

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to bug

to persistently annoy someone, often by making repeated requests or demands

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to hassle

to irritate someone or cause problems for them, particularly by asking them to do something over and over again

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to harry

to continually annoy someone

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to eat

to cause worry or annoyance for someone

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to importune

to request something in an annoyingly persistent way

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to plague

to continually cause someone or something difficulty, pain, or worry

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to afflict

to cause pain, suffering, or distress, often as a result of illness, injury, or hardship

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to pry

to ask personal or unwanted questions

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to spy

to secretly observe someone

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to snoop

to secretly investigate or look around to discover private information about someone

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to eavesdrop

to secretly listen to a conversation without the knowledge or consent of those involved

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to infiltrate

to secretly enter an organization or group with the aim of spying on its members or gathering information

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