Meaning & use
Hounding
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Persistently pursuing, pressuring, or harassing someone.
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Reporters kept hounding the celebrity for a comment outside the courthouse.
Creditors have been hounding him with calls for months.
A note on using this word
The verb draws on the image of hunting dogs relentlessly chasing their quarry.
Words with a similar meaning
harassingpestering
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Words with an opposite meaning
leaving alone
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