hassled - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | hassle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, harass |
| Synonyms: | annoy, argue, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bicker, dispute, harry, hound, pester, plague, quibble, squabble, worry, wrangle, argufy, dun |
| Antonyms: | agree, concur, make peace |
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | verbally fight |
| Synonyms: | altercate, bandy, battle, bicker, break with, buck, bump heads, contend, cross, cross swords, disagree, dispute, face down, face off, feud, gang up on, get in one's face, go one on one, hammer, hammer away, hash, hash over, hassle, have at each other, have at it, jump, jump on, knock around, lock horns*, mix it up, pettifog, pick an argument, put up a fight, put up a struggle, quarrel, quibble, rehash, row, sass, set to, sock it to, squabble, stick it to, talk back, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, harmonize, ignore, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | badger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nag, bother |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bait, bug, bully, eat*, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, importune, needle, nudge, pester, plague, ride, tease, torment, give the business, insist on, work on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plague; hem in |
| Synonyms: | aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bicker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nastily argue |
| Synonyms: | brawl, caterwaul, cavil, dig, disagree, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, scrape, spar, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle, altercate, cause a scene, pick at, trade zingers |
| Notes: | to bicker is to quarrel and to dicker is to haggle or bargain |
| Antonyms: | agree, concede, discuss |
| Main Entry: | contest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | attack, battle, brawl, break with, buck, compete, conflict, contend, cross, defend, duel, feud, gang up on, hassle, lay out, quarrel, repel, rival, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, sock*, strike, struggle, take on, tilt, traverse, vie, withstand, wrangle, altercate, fight over, knuckle with, lay a finger on, put on gloves, put up dukes, set to, square off |
| Antonyms: | agree |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue, discuss |
| Synonyms: | agitate, answer, bandy, bicker, canvass, cogitate, confute, consider, contend, contest, controvert, cross swords*, deliberate, demonstrate, differ, disprove, dispute, hassle, lock horns*, moot, oppose, prove, question, reason, rebut, refute, rehash, wrangle, altercate, bump heads, chew the fat, confab, discept, hammer away at, hash over, have at it, kick around*, knock around, pettifog, pick a bone, put up argument, set to, talk back*, talk game, thrash out*, toss around* |
| Antonyms: | agree, go along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dispute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue |
| Synonyms: | agitate, altercate, bicker, brawl, bump heads, canvass, challenge, clash, confute, contend, contest, contradict, controvert, debate, deny, disaffirm, discept, discuss, disprove, doubt, gainsay, hassle, have at*, impugn, jump on one's case, kick around*, lock horns*, moot, negate, pick a bone, quarrel, question, quibble, rebut, refute, squabble, take on, thrash out, toss around*, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, give in, go along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endeavor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to achieve something |
| Synonyms: | address, aim, apply, aspire, assay, bid for, buck, determine, dig, do one's best, drive at, essay, go for broke, go for*, grind, hammer away, hassle, have a crack, have a shot at, have a swing at, hump*, hustle, intend, labor, make a run at, make an effort, offer, peg away, plug, pour it on, purpose, push, risk, scratch, seek, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, take on, take pains, try, undertake, venture |
| Antonyms: | be idle, ignore, laze, procrastinate, put off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oppose action, belief |
| Synonyms: | argue, bicker, buck*, buckle down*, carry on, combat, conduct, contest, continue, defy, dispute, effect, endure, fall out, force, further, hassle, lay into*, maintain, oppose, persevere, persist, prosecute, repel, resist, row, squabble, strive, struggle, support, take on, travail, traverse, uphold, wage, withstand, wrangle, engage in, exert oneself, hammer away, light into*, make a stand against, push forward, put up an argument, spare no effort, stand up to, take pains, tangle with, toil on |
| Antonyms: | agree, believe, support, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flurry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agitate, confuse |
| Synonyms: | bewilder, bother, bustle, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, fluster, flutter, frustrate, fuss, galvanize, hassle, hurry, hustle, perplex, perturb, provoke, quicken, rattle, ruffle, stimulate, unhinge, unsettle, upset, discombobulate |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, quiet |
| Main Entry: | fluster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, perturb |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, craze*, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, flip*, flurry, frustrate, hassle, heat*, hurry, muddle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, rattle, ruffle, spook*, unhinge*, work up*, addle, discombobulate, fuddle*, get to*, make nervous, make waves, psych, stir up, throw off balance |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, settle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | badger |
| Synonyms: | annoy, attack, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, bug*, bullyrag*, burn*, despoil, devil*, distress, disturb, eat*, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, foray, get to*, give a bad time, give a hard time, gnaw*, harry, hassle, heckle, hound*, intimidate, irk, irritate, jerk around, macerate, maraud, noodge, pain*, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, raid, rattle one's cage, ride, strain, stress, tease, tire, torment, trouble, try, vex, weary, work on, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, facilitate, help, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pester, annoy |
| Synonyms: | attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, devastate, disturb, fret, gnaw, harass, hassle, irk, irritate, molest, persecute, perturb, pillage, plague, plunder, ravage, sack, tease, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry, chivy, depredate, lay waste |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help, support |
| Main Entry: | hound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chase, badger |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bait, be at, be on one's back, be on one's case, be on one's tail, beat the bushes*, bird-dog, bother, bug, chivy, curdle, dog*, drive, give chase, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hector, hunt, hunt down, impel, leave no stone unturned, persecute, pester, prod, provoke, pursue, rag on, rag*, ride, scout, scratch, scratch around, search high heaven, tail, take out after, track down, turn inside out, turn upside down, yap at |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pester |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, harass |
| Synonyms: | annoy, badger, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, bug*, disturb, dog*, drive crazy, drive up the wall, fret, get at*, get in one's hair, get on one's nerves, get to*, harry, hassle, hector, hound, importune, insist, irk, mess with, nag, nudge, pick at, plague, provoke, remind, ride*, tantalize, tease, torment, work on, worry |
| Antonyms: | delight, make happy, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plague |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annoy, disturb |
| Synonyms: | afflict, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, chafe, fret, gall, gnaw, harass, harry, hassle, haunt, hector, hound, infest, irk, molest, pain, persecute, pester, pursue, ride, tease, torment, torture, trouble, vex, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help, please |
| Main Entry: | quarrel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
| Synonyms: | argue, battle, bicker, brawl, break with, bump, carp, caterwaul, cavil, charge, clash, collide, complain, contend, contest, cross swords*, differ, disapprove, dispute, dissent, divide, embroil, fall out*, feud, fight, hassle, lock horns*, row, scrap, spar, spat, squabble, strive, struggle, take on, tangle, vary, war, wrangle, altercate, be at loggerheads, find fault, get tough with, have it out, have words, mix it up, object to, set to, take exception |
| Antonyms: | agree, make peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quibble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree over minor issues |
| Synonyms: | avoid, bicker, blow hot and cold*, carp, cavil, criticize, dispute, equivocate, evade, fence*, flip-flop*, hassle, hem and haw*, pretend, prevaricate, shift, spar, split hairs*, squabble, waffle, wrangle, altercate, argue over, argufy, catch at straws, chicane, have at it, hypercriticize, make a big thing about, nit-pick, paralogize, pettifog, put up an argument, set to, talk back |
| Antonyms: | agree, approve, concur |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | squabble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue |
| Synonyms: | bicker, brawl, clash, disagree, dispute, encounter, fall out*, fight, hassle, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, tiff*, wrangle, argufy, have words |
| Antonyms: | agree, concur |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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