ha·rass [ hə ráss, hárrəss ](past and past participleha·rassed, present participleha·rass·ing, 3rd person present singularha·rass·es)
transitive verb
Definition:
1. keep bothering or attacking somebody: to persistently annoy, attack, or bother somebody
2. exhaust enemy with repeated attacks: to exhaust an enemy by attacking repeatedly
[Early 17th century. < French harasser< harer "set a dog on (by crying 'hare')"]
ha·rass·er noun
Word Usage
In U.S. English the traditional pronunciation of harass (and its derivatives harassed and harassment) has the stress on the second syllable, but the variant pronunciation, with the stress on the first syllable, is now equally common.
