HASSLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hassle mean? 

• HASSLE (noun)
  The noun HASSLE has 2 senses:

1. an angry disturbance

2. disorderly fighting

  Familiarity information: HASSLE used as a noun is rare.

• HASSLE (verb)
  The verb HASSLE has 1 sense:

1. annoy continually or chronically

  Familiarity information: HASSLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HASSLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An angry disturbance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

bother; fuss; hassle; trouble

Context example:

a spot of bother

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

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

Derivation:

hassle (annoy continually or chronically)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Disorderly fighting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

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

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

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

• HASSLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they hassle    ... he / she / it hassles   
Past simple: hassled   
Past participle: hassled   
-ing form: hassling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Annoy continually or chronically

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

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

Context example:

This man harasses his female co-workers

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)