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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
harassed
    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
Harass \Har"ass\ (h[a^]r"as or h[.a]*r[a^]s"), v. t. [imp. & p.
   p. Harassed (h[a^]r"ast or h[.a]*r[a^]st"); p. pr. & vb. n.
   Harassing.] [F. harasser; cf. OF. harace a basket made of
   cords, harace, harasse,a very heavy and large shield; or
   harer to set (a dog) on.]
   To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts;
   esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause
   to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes
   followed by out.
   [1913 Webster]

         [Troops] harassed with a long and wearisome march.
                                                  --Bacon.
   [1913 Webster]

         Nature oppressed and harass'd out with care. --Addison.
   [1913 Webster]

         Vext with lawyers and harass'd with debt. --Tennyson.

   Syn: To weary; jade; tire; perplex; distress; tease; worry;
        disquiet; chafe; gall; annoy; irritate; plague; vex;
        molest; trouble; disturb; torment.
        [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
harassed \harassed\ (h[a^]r"ast or h[.a]*r[a^]st"), adj.
   troubled persistently, especially with petty annoyances; as,
   harassed working mothers.

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

Thesaurus Results for harassed:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
annoyed, anxious, badgered, baited, bedeviled, beset, bothered, bugged, bullyragged, chivied, deviled, distracted, distrait, distressed, dogged, embarrassed, fretted, harried, haunted, heckled, hectored, hounded, inconvenienced, irked, needled, nipped at, persecuted, perturbed, pestered, picked on, plagued, put to it, puzzled, ragged, sore beset, teased, tormented, troubled, vexed, worried, worried sick, worried stiff
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