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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

badgered, baited, bedeviled, beset, bugged, bullyragged, chivied, deviled, dogged, fretted, harassed, haunted, heckled, hectored, hounded, needled, nipped at, persecuted, pestered, picked on, plagued, ragged, teased, tormented, vexed, worried, worried sick, worried stiff

Dictionary Results for harried:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

harried
    adj 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"
           [syn: annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered,
           vexed]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

harried \harried\ adj.
   same as harassed.

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

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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            To harry this beautiful region.       --W. Irving.
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            A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood
            thrush.                               --J.
                                                  Burroughs.
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   2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. --Shak.

   Syn: To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease;
        worry; annoy; harass.
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