hassling 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of hasslingnext
as in mocking

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hassling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of hassle
1
as in taunting
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

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2
as in bickering
to express different opinions about something often angrily constantly hassled with the chef over the need to cook pork thoroughly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hassling
  1. bickering
  2. teasing
  3. arguing
  4. mocking
  5. bothering
  6. derisive
Verb
  • Right out of the gate, the brothers are in a contentious mood, needling each other with elbows and bickering like little siblings.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
  • On Monday, after Rodgers and former head coach Robert Saleh had spent several months bickering over topics such as unexcused absences and cadence, the irritable quarterback won out again.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of bickering
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  • If that’s not disappointing enough, Google is also now teasing that Android 16 will start doing the developer rounds much earlier than usual, which will raise the question as to how Samsung can catch up, given its Android 15 is behind.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • After Perez began teasing the track in earnest on her TikTok in the spring, users quickly latched onto the hook, clamoring to hear a full version.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of teasing
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  • San Francisco sued Oakland for infringing its airport’s trademarks in April, arguing the Oakland airport’s similar new name would confuse travelers.
    Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The then gets out of the vehicle and the officer tells him they’re done arguing.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of arguing
Verb
  • South Park also piled on by mocking her in a recent episode.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Nasrallah posed as a kind of Che Guevara of the Arab world—mocking his enemies, living mostly underground.
    Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of mocking
Verb
  • Is the trend of sales taking a route that is bothering you?
    Hitendra Patil, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • In many cases, states have stopped bothering to make legal justifications at all, the Human Rights Committee report warned.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of bothering
Adjective
  • Yet Horse Crazy is one of the best American novels about obsession in part because the narrator mostly dislikes Gregory, subjecting this object of lust to the same derisive interior voice that comments on virtually every other aspect of his life.
    Daniel Felsenthal, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Sanders didn’t win either primary, but the recurring debate each election cycle helped create and standardize a set of derisive talking points that remains popular today.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of derisive
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