- harried
- adjective Date: 1609 beset by problems ; harassed
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
harried
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harried — adj. same as {harassed}. Syn: annoyed, harassed, pestered. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
harried — harried; un·harried; … English syllables
harried — index aggrieved (victimized) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
harried — [adj] pressured agitated, anxious, at wit’s end*, beset, bothered, distressed, harassed, hard pressed, stressed, troubled, worried; concepts 403,690 … New thesaurus
Harried — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
harried — adjective 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,… … Useful english dictionary
harried — adjective Rushed; panicked; overly busy or preoccupied. The entire place teemed with harried executives who had no time to talk to one another … Wiktionary
harried — Synonyms and related words: 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,… … Moby Thesaurus
harried — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. pressured, stressed, troubled, *at wit s end, beset, agitated, put upon, overtaxed, plagued, harassed. ANT.: relaxed, calm, unwound … English dictionary for students
harried — har|ried [ hærıd ] adjective tired and annoyed … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
