Meaning of HARRY
| Pronunciation: | | 'haree
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- [v] make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
- [v] annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"
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| | Synonyms: | | beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, hassle, molest, plague, provoke, ravage |
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| | See Also: | | annoy, bedevil, bother, chafe, crucify, destroy, devil, dun, frustrate, get at, get to, goad, gravel, irritate, nark, needle, nettle, rag, rile, ruin, torment, vex | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Har"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harried}( ?); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Harrying}.] [OF. harwen, herien, her[yogh]ien, AS.
hergian to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. here army;
akin to G. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth.
harjis, and Lith. karas war. Gf. {Harbor}, {Herald},
{Heriot}.]
1. To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several
times and harried the land.
To harry this beautiful region. --W. Irving.
A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood
thrush. --J.
Burroughs.
2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. --Shak.
Syn: To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease;
worry; annoy; harass.
\Har"ry\, v. i.
To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste.
[Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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| | Related Terms: | | aggravate, ambush, annoy, assail, assault, attack, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blitz, blockade, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, bushwhack, chivy, come at, come down on, crack down on, descend on, descend upon, devil, discompose, distemper, disturb, dog, encircle, encompass, envelop, exasperate, exercise, fall on, fall upon, fash, foray, fret, gang up on, get, gnaw, go at, go for, gripe, harass, haunt, have at, heckle, hector, hit, hit like lightning, hound, hunt, invest, irk, irritate, jump, land on, lay at, lay hands on, lay into, lay siege to, light into, maraud, miff, molest, mug, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, oppress, peeve, persecute, perturb, pester, pick on, pique, pitch into, plague, pluck the beard, pother, pounce upon, pound, provoke, pursue, ride, rile, roil, ruffle, sail into, set on, set upon, soften up, strike, surprise, surround, swoop down on, take the offensive, tease, torment, try the patience, tweak the nose, upset, vex, victimize, wade into, worry |
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