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Adjective: harried  her-eed [N. Amer], ha-reed [Brit]
  1. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
    "a harried expression";
    - annoyed, harassed, pestered, vexed
Verb: harry  her-ee or ha-ree [N. Amer], ha-ree [Brit]
  1. Annoy or hinder continually or in many ways
    "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked";
    - harass, hassle [informal], chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy [non-standard], beset, plague, molest, provoke
     
  2. Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
    - ravage

See also: troubled

Type of: annoy, bother, chafe, destroy, devil, get at [informal], get to, gravel [US], irritate, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, rag, rile, roil [N. Amer], ruin, tick off [informal], vex

Encyclopedia: Harried

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