hassle
Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problemsTrouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
» Tom needs to stop hassling Mary.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
I went through a lot of hassle to be the first to get a ticket.
Ärger, Schererei
барье́рbarʹjér, прегра́даpregráda, поме́хаpoméxa
(countable, uncountable)A fight or argument.
Streit, Zank
ссо́раssóra
(countable, uncountable)An action which is not worth the difficulty involved.
Mühe
- disorderly fighting
- an angry disturbance
Examples
27 sentencesTom needs to stop hassling Mary.
I wish Tom wouldn't keep hassling me.
It's a hassle to take the husks off of chestnuts.
deKastanienschälen ist eine Schererei. — Yorwba
It's a hassle trying to decide what to wear to the party.
ruХлопотно пытаться решить, что надеть на вечеринку. — Balamax
I don't want any hassles.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
Origin
Unknown. Probably from US Southern dialectal hassle (“to pant, breathe noisily”), possiblyUnknown. Probably from US Southern dialectal hassle (“to pant, breathe noisily”), possibly from haste + -le (frequentative suffix).
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Forms
plural: hasslesSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.