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harassive

harassive adjective: characterized by the tendency to harass; tending to harass; constituting or pertaining to harassment.

Adjective

harassive (not comparable)

  1. Characterized by the tendency to harass; tending to harass; constituting or pertaining to harassment.
    • Specifically, former Supervisor (Christie) indicated having "warned" Grievant J_ about his harassive behavior toward the female approximately three (3) to four (4) months prior to her submission of the complaint.1990, Labor Arbitration Reports
    • The hypothesis that women generally perceive sexually harassive conduct in the workplace to be unacceptable is clearly supported by these results.1993, Americas & Latinas
    Synonyms:
    hindering, bullying

Synonyms of harassive

Antonyms

Origin of harassive

From harass + -ive.

Questions about harassive

What does harassive mean?
Harassive means characterized by the tendency to harass; tending to harass; constituting or pertaining to harassment.
What part of speech is harassive?
Harassive is an adjective.

Words near harassive in the dictionary

  1. harasshole
  2. harassholes
  3. harassing
  4. harassingly
  5. harassings
  6. harassive
  7. harassment
  8. harassment and interdiction
  9. harassments
  10. harateen
  11. harateens

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