Harried

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  harried \harried\ adj.
     same as {harassed}.
  
     Syn: annoyed, harassed, pestered.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  harried
       See {harry}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  harried
       adj : 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}, {pestered}, {vexed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  harry
       v 1: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
            staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his
            female co-workers" [syn: {harass}, {hassle}, {chivy}, {chivvy},
             {chevy}, {chevvy}, {beset}, {plague}, {molest}, {provoke}]
       2: make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in
          wartimes [syn: {ravage}]
       [also: {harried}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "harried":
     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