harried

harried
    adj 1: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances;
           "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her
           poor pestered father had to endure her constant
           interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"
           [syn: {annoyed}, {harassed}, {harried}, {pestered},
           {vexed}]
    

harried \harried\ adj.
   same as {harassed}.

   Syn: annoyed, harassed, pestered.
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Harry \Har"ry\ (-r[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harried}
   (-r[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Harrying}.] [OE. harwen, herien,
   her[yogh]ien, AS. hergian to act as an army, to ravage,
   plunder, fr. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth.
   harjis, and Lith. karas war. Cf. {Harbor}, {Herald},
   {Heriot}.]
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   1. To strip; to pillage; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came
      several times and harried the land.
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            To harry this beautiful region.       --W. Irving.
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            A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood
            thrush.                               --J.
                                                  Burroughs.
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   2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. --Shak.

   Syn: To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease;
        worry; annoy; harass.
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28 Moby Thesaurus words for "harried":
      badgered, baited, bedeviled, beset, bugged, bullyragged, chivied,
      deviled, dogged, fretted, harassed, haunted, heckled, hectored,
      hounded, needled, nipped at, persecuted, pestered, picked on,
      plagued, ragged, teased, tormented, vexed, worried, worried sick,
      worried stiff