Harassment

  

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Harassment

Definitions: Harassment

Harassment

Noun

1. A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors".

2. Tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "harassment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references)

Synonyms: Harassment

Synonyms: molestation (n), torment (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Harassment

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Harassment is a term defined by law to refer to many types of behaviour that are found threatening or disturbing, and beyond those that are sanctioned by society. In societies which support free speech, only the more repetitive, persistent and untruthful types of speech usually qualify as harassment, but so does sexual harassment which involves persistent and unwanted sexual advances, typically in the workplace or other setting where the consequences of refusing are potentially very disadvantaging to the victim.

Because the term is defined by law, and law varies by jurisdiction, it is difficult to provide any exact definition that is accepted everywhere. In some cultures, for instance, simply stating a political opinion can be seen as unwarranted and a deliberate attempt to intimidate - in a totalitarian society any such statement could be interpreted as an attempt to involve someone in rebel activity or implicate them in same, with the implication that if they refuse, they are putting their own life in danger. More usually, some label such as "anti-social" or related to treason is used to label such behaviour - it being treated as an offense against the state not the person. This resembles the use of psychiatry to imprison dissidents which is common in many countries. Another example is that under some versions of Islamic Law merely insulting Islam is considered to be a harassment of all believers, and in Japan insulting any faith is usually considered taboo, and has legal sanctions. There are also extreme and self-serving definitions employed by anti-defamation groups, and also more mainstream groups like NOW. Because of these variations, there is no way even within one society to provide a truly neutral definition of harassment.

However, broad categories of harassment often recognized in law include:

See also: verbal abuse, psychological abuse, psychological warfare

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Harassment."

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Crosswords: Harassment

English words defined with "harassment": baitingDisquietmentguerilla, guerrillaInsectation, insurgent, irregularsexual harassmenttorment. (references)
Etymologies containing "harassment": Disquietment. (references)

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Modern Usage: Harassment

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Sexual harassment is not about sex. It is about power. (Disclosure; writing credit: Paul Attanasio)

Mrs. Simpson, your sexual harassment suit is exactly what I need to help rebuild my shattered practice. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

It's a hard hitting look at sexual harassment in the workplace. (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein)

When I told you to pick a company to investigate sexual harassment, I didn't mean this one. (Lou Grant; writing credit: Gary David Goldberg; Allan Burns)

You know, this kind of behaviour could qualify as sexual harassment. (GoldenEye; writing credit: Ian Fleming; Michael France)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Harassment

DomainTitle

Books

  • Heterophobia: Sexual Harassment and the Future of Feminism (American Intellectual Culture) (reference)

  • Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: A Guide to Prevention (Fifty Minute Series) (reference)

  • Sexual Harassment on the Job: What It Is & How to Stop It (4th Ed) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Harassment

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Business

Reporters were subjected to surveillance and, on occasion, harassment. (references)

Many leaders of unauthorized groups were targets of harassment, interrogations, and detention. (references)

Scientologists continued to report discrimination, alleging both government-condoned and societal harassment. (references)

Children

Botswana

The problem of sexual harassment of students by teachers is a national concern. (references)

Congo

Street children in Kinshasa were subject to severe harassment and exploitation, particularly by soldiers and police. (references)

India

The NHRC continues to receive complaints relating to harassment, intolerance, and discrimination against the disabled. (references)

Civil Liberties

East Timor

Some Muslim groups at times were victims of harassment. (references)

Lebanon

There have been few incidents of harassment of returned deportees. (references)

Mozambique

Local media portrayed the incident as evidence of official harassment. (references)

Discrimination

Hong Kong

Three pieces of antidiscrimination legislation--the Sex Discrimination Ordinance, the Disability Discrimination Ordinance, and the Family Status Discrimination Ordinance--have made it illegal for any person or entity (public or private) to discriminate against anyone on the grounds of sex, marital status, pregnancy, disability, or family status, and prohibits behavior such as sexual harassment, harassment or vilification on the grounds of disability, and discriminatory advertising. (references)

Economic History

Romania

In some cases, demands for payoffs by mid- to low-level officials can reach the point of harassment. (references)

Armenia

Nontraditional churches, especially the Jehovah's Witnesses, have been subjected to harassment, sometimes violently. (references)

Human Rights

Romania

Gays and lesbians continued to face police harassment. (references)

China

Dissidents have reported harassment by the authorities. (references)

Macedonia

After further questioning and harassment, police released all without charges. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

Indigenous groups charge that police harassment of indigenous people, including juveniles, is pervasive and that racial discrimination among police and prison custodians persists. (references)

Canada

Disputes over land claims, self-government, treaty rights, taxation, duty-free imports, fishing and hunting rights, and alleged harassment by police continued to be sources of tension on reserves. (references)

Namibia

Reports from the NSHR and in the press claim that civilians from the Mafwe and Kxoe San ethnic groups were targeted for harassment during the police campaign against Caprivi separatists in 1998 and continued during the year. (references)

Minorities

Canada

There were a number of reports of harassment of religious minorities. (references)

Ukraine

The frequent harassment of racial minorities is an increasing problem. (references)

India

Since 1998 there has been increased harassment of Christian aid workers. (references)

Political Economy

Kazakhstan

The political opposition is weak and subject to government harassment. (references)

Honduras

Individual members of the news media suffered various forms of harassment. (references)

Ukraine

Police abuse and harassment of racial minorities was a continuing problem. (references)

Political Rights

Tajikistan

The leadership of certain opposition parties reported threats and harassment by the authorities in their workplaces. (references)

Djibouti

Government harassment of opposition leaders continued to be a problem; however, the number of incidents reportedly decreased during the year. (references)

Ukraine

While in the past a number of mayors reported harassment by law enforcement and other authorities, there were no such reports during the year. (references)

Trade

Panama

If fully implemented, this could mean the end of the harassment of agricultural imports although the higher duty structure is only likely to be reduced slowly in accordance with the WTO accession agreement. (references)

Travel

Egypt

Unescorted women are vulnerable to sexual harassment and verbal abuse. (references)

Nepal

Instances of harassment range in severity from verbal abuse to physical assault. (references)

Women

Nigeria

Rape and sexual harassment continued to be problems. (references)

Chad

Rape, prostitution, and sexual harassment were all problems. (references)

Spain

Police received 364 sexual harassment complaints during the year. (references)

Worker Rights

Guinea

Union activities in Conakry face less harassment and interference. (references)

Cuba

Those who attempted to engage in unofficial union activities faced government harassment. (references)

Honduras

Cases of firings and harassment serve to discourage workers elsewhere from attempting to organize. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Harassment

"Harassment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.66% of the time. "Harassment" is used about 593 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.66%59110,755
Noun (proper)0.17%1339,140
Noun (common)0.17%1339,140
                    Total100.00%593N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Harassment

Expressions using "harassment": sex harassment sexual harassment. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "harassment": anti-harassment.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Harassment

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sexual harassment

1,118

harassment

485

workplace harassment

163

harassment in the workplace

93

creditor harassment

66

harassment training

50

article on sexual harassment

39

harassment policy

29

harassment at work

28

harassment on the job

26
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Harassment

Language Translations for "harassment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shqetësim (affliction, agitation, anxiety, bother, care, concern, discomfort, discomposure, displeasure, disquiet, disquietude, distemper, distress, disturbance, fash, fear, feeling, fidget, flurry, fret, Fry, inconvenience, inquietude, moil, perturbation, plague, preoccupation, qualm, restlessness, solicitude, trepidation, trouble, tumult, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, vexation, worry), ngacmim (banter, bothering, chaff, dig, excitation, excitement, impulse, irritation, jesting, molestation, nagging, provocation, raillery, rally, rub, teasing), lodhje (emaciation, fatigue, lassitude, strain, straining, tiredness, Tucker, weakening, weariness). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مضايقة (annoyance, bothering, discomfort, harassing, irritation, molestation, nuisance, teasing, vexation), ‏إزعاج (annoyance, annoying, bother, botheration, discomfort, disquiet, disruption, disturbance, harassing, importunity, inconvenience, loudness, mischievousness, molestation, movement, nuisance, offence, patter, trouble). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

обърканост (blankness, complexity, confusion, distraction, fluster, fog, indigestion, involution, maze, muddle, puzzle, puzzlement), безпокойство (alarm, anxiety, bother, care, concernment, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, fash, inconvenience, inquietude, malaise, plague, qualm, ruffle, trepidation, trouble, uneasiness, upset, whim-wham, worriment, worrit, worry), безпокоене (molestation), измъчване (excruciation, harassing, laceration, martyrdom), дразнене (jar, provocation, rasp, vexation). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

骚扰 (Ado, infest, infested, Infesting). (various references)

   

Czech

  

znepokojování (perturbation), trápení (care, misery, plague, suffering, torment, torture, trouble, vexation, worry), pronásledování (persecution, pursuit, victimization), obtìžování (imposition, intrusion, molestation). (various references)

   

Danish

  

seksuel chikane (sexual harassment), racistisk chikane (racial harassment). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

sexuele intimidatie (sexual harassment), seksuele intimidatie (sexual harassment), raciale pesterijen (racial harassment), ongewenste intimiteiten (sexual harassment). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sukupuolinen häirintä/ sukupuolinen ahdistelu (sexual harassment). (various references)

   

French

  

harcèlement (harassing). (various references)

   

German

  

schikane (baffle, baffle wall, bullying, chicane, chicanery, persecution), beunruhigung (agitation, alarm, concern, disconcerting, disquiet, disturbance, perturbation). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στενοχώρια (inconvenience, perplexity, pinch, straits, tryingness, worry), βασάνιση, ενόχληση (annoyance, bother, disturbance, failure, hassle, importunity, inconvenience, infestation, moil, molestation, nuisance, operating trouble, peeve, trouble, vexation). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

"טר"" (annoyance, bother, harassing, nuisance), טרטור (blast, hum, noise, rattle). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

zaklatás (annoyance, bother, molestation, persecution, vexation), bosszantás (aggravation, infliction, vexation). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pelecehan, gangguan (bother, derangement, disruption, disturbance, hindrance, interruption, irritation, nuisance, vexation). (various references)

   

Italian

  

molestia (molestation, nuisance, trouble), fastidio (ado, annoyance, anxiety, bother, nuisance, sorrow, trouble, vexation, worry). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

厭がらせ , 嫌がらせ (pestering). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いやがらせ (pestering). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(Violence). (various references)

   

Manx

  

tranlaase (despotism, oppression, persecution, tyranny), boiraneys (annoyance, bluster, brawl, discord, disturbance, nonsense, tumult). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

press, plage (harass, infest), overgrep (encroachment). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arassmenthay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

vexar (ballyrag, discomposedly, humblebee, make vexatious, persecution, run hard), perseguição (chase, chasing, follow, persecution mania, pursuit, quest, tracking). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

hãrţuialã (brawl, squabble, wrangle), neplãcere (disgust, displeasure, inconvenience, nuisance, trouble, upset), grijã (alarm, anxiety, attention, care, carefulness, charge, chariness, conscientiousness, custody, deliberation, foresight, mindfulness, neatness, observance, painstaking, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, solicitude, thought, trouble, worriment, worry). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

беспокойство (ado, Angst, anxiety, bother, botheration, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, fash, fidget, inconvenience, inquietude, restlessness, taking, trepidation, trouble, uneasiness, uneasyness, unrest, worry). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

uznemiravanje. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hostigamiento, acoso (molestation, siege). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

trakasserier (pinpricks), oro (agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, botheration, concern, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, flutter, inquietude, jimjams, nervousness, perturbation, qualm, solicitude, trepidation, trouble, unease, uneasiness, unrest, worriment, worry), ansättande (besetting). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

usandırma, sinirlendirme (exacerbation, irritation), sıkma (clasp, constriction, extrusion, gripping, pressing, squeeze, squeezing, wring), rahatsızlık (ailment, annoyance, complaint, discomfiture, discomfort, discomposure, disease, disquiet, distemper, disturbance, draft, dysphoria, embarrassment, fidget, ill, illness, inconvenience, indisposition, inquietude, malaise, nuisance, restlessness, seediness, trouble, uneasiness, unrest). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

роздратуватння, занепоко"ння (concern, discomposure, fash, harass, qualm, restlessness, stew, uneasiness, worriment). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự quấy rầy (disturbance, importunity, interference, molestation, trouble), sự phiền nhiễu. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Harassment

Derivations

Words beginning with "harassment": harassments. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Harassment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arassment, haraassment, harasment, harassement, harasssment, haresment, harrasment, harrassment, harrassmment, harressment, hasrassment, herasment, herassment, herrassment. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Harassment"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "harassment" (pronounced hera"smunt)
5-s m u n tadvancement, announcement, assessment, basement, bemusement, commencement, debasement, disbursement, displacement, embarrassment, emplacement, endorsement, enforcement, enhancement, enticement, impressment, inducement, outplacement, placement, pronouncement, reassessment, reimbursement, reinforcement, replacement.
4-m u n tabandonment, abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, battlement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endowment, engagement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment.
3-u n taberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Harassment

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-m-n-r-s-s-t"

-2 letters: earthman, hamsters, sarmenta, sarments, smartens, stramash, trashman, trashmen.

-3 letters: amasser, anthems, anthers, ashrams, asthmas, hamates, hamster, harness, hastens, hetmans, mantras, marshes, martens, mashers, masters, matrass, matsahs, ramenta, rashest, sarment, shamans, shmears, smarten, smasher, snathes, stamens, streams, thenars, trashes.

-4 letters: aments, anears, ansate, anthem, anther, antres, arenas, arhats, armets, ashman, ashmen, ashram, assent, assert, astern, asters, asthma, atmans, earths, hamate, hansas, hanses, harass, harems, hasten, hastes, haters, hearts, hetman, manats, manses, mantas, mantes, mantra, marses, marten, masers, masher, mashes, master, maters, matres, matsah, mensas, messan, namers, ramate, ramens, ramets, rashes, ratans, reatas, remans, sanest, sansar, sarans, sarsen, seaman, shaman, shamas, shames, shares, sharns, shears, shmear, smarts, smears, snares, snathe, snaths, stamen, stanes, stares, steams, sterna, sterns, stream, tamers, thanes, tharms, thenar, therms.

-5 letters: amahs, amass, amens, ament, anear, ansae, antae, antas, antes, antra, antre, areas, arena, arhat, armet, arses, ashen, ashes, asset, aster, atman, atmas, earns, earth, easts, etnas, haars, haems, haets, hames, hansa, hanse, hants, harem, hares, harms, harts, haste, hater, hates, hears, heart, heats, hents, herma, herms, herns, hests, maars, manas, manat, manes, manse, manta, mares, marse, marsh, marts, maser, massa, masse, masts, mater, mates, maths, means, meant, meats, mensa, menta, mesas, meths, namer, names, nares, nates, nears, neath, neats, nemas, nerts, nests, ramen, ramet, rants, rases, ratan, rates, rathe, reams, reata, reman, rents, rests, rheas, saner, sanes, saran, satem, sates, seams, sears, seats, sensa, shame, shams, share, sharn, shear, sheas, shent, smart, smash, smear, snare, snash, snath, stane, stare, stars, stash, steam, stems, stern, tahrs, tamer, tames, tares, tarns, tasse, teams, tears, terms, terns, thane, tharm, thens, therm, trams, trans, trash, trass, tress, tsars.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-h-m-n-r-s-s-t"
 

+1 letter: harassments.

 

+3 letters: manslaughters, transhumances, watermanships.

 

+4 letters: amateurishness.

 

+5 letters: warmheartedness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Harassment


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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