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hassle
Synonyms and Antonyms of hassle
- the moment the police arrived, the hassle broke up, and no one was seriously injured
pitched battle, rough-and-tumble
affray [chiefly British], battle royal, brawl, broil, donnybrook, free-for-all, melee (also mêlée), mix-up, ruckus, ruction
blows, fistfight, fisticuffs, grapple, handgrips, punch-out, punch-up [chiefly British], slugfest
confrontation, duel, face-off, joust
altercation, argle-bargle [chiefly British], argument, argy-bargy [chiefly British], contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, falling-out, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tangle, tiff, wrangle
- had a huge hassle with an airline representative before she got her ticket refunded
altercation, argle-bargle [chiefly British], argument, argy-bargy [chiefly British], battle royal, bicker, brawl, contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, falling-out, fight, imbroglio, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, rhubarb, row, scrap, set-to, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
clash, run-in, skirmish, tangle, tussle
attack, contention, dissension (also dissention)
debate, difference, disputation
fuss, objection, protest, protestation
affray [chiefly British], fisticuffs, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee (also mêlée)
- it's a hassle to find a parking space downtown
aggravation, aggro [British], annoyance, bother, botheration, bugbear, exasperation, frustration, hair shirt, headache, inconvenience, irk, irritant, nuisance, peeve, pest, rub, ruffle, thorn, trial, vexation
hassle
Synonyms and Antonyms of hassle
- a small group of jeering protesters hassled the politically active singer at every appearance she made
deride, gibe (or jibe), jeer, mock, ridicule
annoy, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, fret, frost, gall, get, gnaw (at), grate, gripe, hack (off), hagride, irk, irritate, itch, nag, nark [British], nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put out, rasp, rile, ruffle, spite, trouble, vex
aggravate, exasperate, goad, test, try
aggrieve, agitate, bedevil, beleaguer, discomfort, disturb, perturb
harass, harry, persecute, plague, terrorize, torment, torture
- constantly hassled with the chef over the need to cook pork thoroughly
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