HASSLE

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

(noun) disorderly fighting

fuss, trouble, bother, hassle

(noun) an angry disturbance; ā€œhe didnā€™t want to make a fussā€; ā€œthey had labor troubleā€; ā€œa spot of botherā€

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

(verb) annoy continually or chronically; ā€œHe is known to harry his staff when he is overworkedā€; ā€œThis man harasses his female co-workersā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hassle (plural hassles)

Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.

A fight or argument.

An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.

Verb

hassle (third-person singular simple present hassles, present participle hassling, simple past and past participle hassled)

To trouble, to bother, to annoy.

To pick a fight or start an argument.

Anagrams

• Hassel, Lashes, halses, lashes, selahs, shales, sheals

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his familyā€™s pot filled with coffee.

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