Synonyms of hassled

hassled 1 of 2

adjective

as in harassed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• harassed
• frustrated
• badgered
• harried
• bothered
• tortured
• provoked
• annoyed
• tormented
• irritated
• persecuted
• aggravated
• pestered
• tested
• tried
• plagued
• exasperated
• inconvenienced
• vexed
• peeved
• upset
• haggled
• perturbed
• troubled
• angry
• displeased
• bedeviled
• disturbed
• irked
• narked
• irate
• distressed
• indignant
• pinpricked
• infuriated
• outraged
• angered
• scunnered
• galled
• put out
• mad
• shirty
• riled
• resentful
• inflamed
• irritable
• cross
• ireful
• steaming
• sore
• fretful
• enflamed
• rankled
• huffy
• peevish
• cantankerous
• testy
• grumpy
• teed off
• petulant
• snappish
• bristly
• grouchy
• irascible
• disapproving
• churlish
• dyspeptic
• crabby
• bilious
• roiled
• touchy
• snuffy
• piqued
• fussy
• choleric
• cranky
• ill-humored
• bearish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• happy
• pleased
• satisfied
• content
• delighted
• calm
• serene
• placid
• tranquil
• peaceable
• pacific

hassled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of hassle

1

as in taunted

to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults

a small group of jeering protesters hassled the politically active singer at every appearance she made

Synonyms & Similar Words

• taunted
• teased
• mocked
• bothered
• heckled
• ridiculed
• annoyed
• rode
• baited
• rid
• hazed
• tortured
• needled
• plagued
• irritated
• picked on
• harassed
• bullied
• pestered
• troubled
• badgered
• tried
• made game of
• jeered
• nagged
• irked
• disturbed
• derided
• peeved
• vexed
• tested
• exasperated
• aggravated
• hounded
• griped
• riled
• bugged
• perturbed
• goaded
• agitated
• gibed
• tormented
• ruffled
• persecuted
• chafed
• nettled
• narked
• burned (up)
• discomforted
• jibed
• burnt (up)
• fretted
• itched
• aggrieved
• hectored
• galled
• bedeviled
• gnawed (at)
• got
• dogged
• piqued
• harried
• beleaguered
• frosted
• hacked (off)
• rasped
• grated
• put out
• terrorized
• spited
• browbeat
• vext
• hagrode

2

as in bickered

to express different opinions about something often angrily

constantly hassled with the chef over the need to cook pork thoroughly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bickered
• argued
• fought
• quarrelled
• quarreled
• clashed
• wrangled
• brawled
• squabbled
• disputed
• quibbled
• rowed
• jarred
• scrapped
• debated
• locked horns
• fell out
• tiffed
• controverted
• butted heads
• discussed
• argufied
• spatted
• altercated
• challenged
• brabbled
• mixed it up
• dared
• contested
• contended
• protested
• fussed
• bandied words
• tangled
• objected
• defied
• kicked
• cavilled
• nitpicked
• considered
• caviled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepted
• agreed
• consented
• concurred
• coexisted
• got along
• assented