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har·ry    Audio Help   [har-ee] Pronunciation Key verb, -ried, -ry·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
2.to ravage, as in war; devastate: The troops harried the countryside.
–verb (used without object)
3.to make harassing incursions.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME herien, OE her(g)ian (deriv. of here army); c. G verheeren, ON herja to harry, lay waste]

1. molest, plague, trouble. 2. plunder, strip, rob, pillage.
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har·ry    Audio Help   (hār'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   har·ried, har·ry·ing, har·ries
  1. To disturb or distress by or as if by repeated attacks; harass. See Synonyms at harass.
  2. To raid, as in war; sack or pillage.


[Middle English harien, from Old English hergian; see koro- in Indo-European roots.]

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harried

adjective
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

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