Meaning & use
harassing
Subjecting someone to repeated unwanted behavior, attention, or pressure that causes distress.
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The company fired the manager after employees reported him for harassing coworkers.
She filed a complaint after months of being harassed by anonymous phone calls.
A note on using this word
'Harrassing' is a common misspelling; harass and its forms take only one 'r' and two 's's.
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