harassment C1 Topic:Abstract Ideas US /həˈɹæs.mənt/ See IPA manual Freq #8096 Meanings 1 noun Repeated, deliberate behaviour that pesters, threatens, or intimidates someone. The company has a strict policy against any form of harassment in the workplace. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · repeated, deliberate... molestation More torment Word family Forms harassments Derived forms antiharassmentcyberharassmentnonharassment Common collocations sexual harassment Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French harassement. By surface analysis, harass + -ment. Topics Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # harassment **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /həˈɹæs.mənt/ **Frequency rank:** 8096 ## Meanings 1. Repeated, deliberate behaviour that pesters, threatens, or intimidates someone. ## Examples - The company has a strict policy against any form of harassment in the workplace. ## Synonyms - molestation - torment ## Derived Forms - antiharassment - cyberharassment - nonharassment ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French harassement. By surface analysis, harass + -ment. ## AI Etymology Harassment is borrowed from Middle French harassement. By surface analysis, harass + -ment. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it means repeated, deliberate behaviour that pesters, threatens, or intimidates someone. Derived formations include antiharassment, cyberharassment, nonharassment. ## Topics - Abstract Ideas - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown