/ English Dictionary

HASSLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disorderly fighting

Synonyms:

dogfight; hassle; rough-and-tumble; scuffle; tussle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hassle" is a kind of...):

combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An angry disturbance

Example:

a spot of bother

Synonyms:

bother; fuss; hassle; trouble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("hassle" is a kind of...):

disturbance; perturbation (activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption)

Derivation:

hassle (annoy continually or chronically)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Annoy continually or chronically

Example:

This man harasses his female co-workers

Synonyms:

beset; chevvy; chevy; chivvy; chivy; harass; harry; hassle; molest; plague; provoke

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "hassle" is one way to...):

annoy; bother; chafe; devil; get at; get to; gravel; irritate; nark; nettle; rag; rile; vex (cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hassle"):

goad; needle (annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism)

bedevil; crucify; dun; frustrate; rag; torment (treat cruelly)

haze (harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot hassle Sue

Derivation:

hassle (an angry disturbance)

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