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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
[Verb]

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

Ex: Street vendors often face challenges , including harassed by local authorities .
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to bother
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to cause someone to feel worried, upset, or concerned

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to create problems for someone, resulting in hardship

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to pester
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to annoy someone repeatedly by making persistent requests

Ex: The telemarketer would n't pestering the homeowner with sales pitches .
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to badger
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to repeatedly annoy or harass someone with requests or questions

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to continuously create problems for someone or something

Ex: The lack of funding continues bedevil the progress of the project .
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to hound
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to constantly chase, pressure, or follow someone to gain or achieve something

Ex: Fans hound their favorite artists for autographs .
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to bug
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to persistently annoy someone, often by making repeated requests or demands

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

Ex: The tourists hassled by street vendors trying to sell souvenirs .
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to harry
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to continually annoy someone

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to eat
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to cause worry or annoyance for someone

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to request something in an annoyingly persistent way

Ex: importuned him for a loan until he finally agreed .
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to plague
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to continually cause someone or something difficulty, pain, or worry

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

Ex: War afflicted the region for decades , leaving a legacy of destruction and suffering .
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to pry
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to ask personal or unwanted questions

Ex: True friends respect boundaries and dopry when someone is not ready to share .
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to spy
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to secretly observe someone

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

Ex: Employees were upset to discover that their manager had snooping on their emails .
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to secretly listen to a conversation without the knowledge or consent of those involved

Ex: The siblings would eavesdrop on each other 's phone calls , causing occasional disputes .
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to secretly enter an organization or group with the aim of spying on its members or gathering information

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