hassle
/ˈhæsl̩/
hassle noun: trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
Noun
hassle (countable and uncountable, plural hassles)
Verb
hassle (third-person singular simple present hassles, present participle hassling, simple past and past participle hassled)
- To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
- The unlucky boy was hassled by a gang of troublemakers on his way home.
- "Oh uncool bush! Unloose this passle Of furry cats that you hassle!"1969, Beard & Kennedy, Bored of the Rings, page 42
- To pick a fight or start an argument with.
- Synonyms:
- look for trouble, pick a quarrel
- To work through something troublesome; to be bothered by.
- If you don't want to hassle through converting formats, you'll have to stick with one program.
- Synonyms:
- grind
- To engage in a mock dogfight.
- Likewise, “hassling”—mock dogfighting—was strictly forbidden, and so naturally young fighter jocks could hardly wait to go up in, say, a pair of F–100s and start the duel by making a pass at each other at 800 miles an hour, […]2018, Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff
- If you were caught 'hassling,' as we called dogfighting, your career could end. The edict against dogfighting divided our squadron into three factions.2019, Dan Pedersen, Topgun
Adjective
hassle (comparative more hassle, superlative most hassle)
hassle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
hassle in Hindi
- To trouble, to bother, to annoy
- तंग करना taṅg karnā, सिर खाना sir khānā
hassle in Tamil
- தர்க்கம், சிறுதகராறு
hassle in Urdu
- ان بن, جھگڑا, کھٹ پٹ, لڑائی
hassle in Malayalam
- hassle, hurry
- വെകിളി vekiḷi
More languagesFewer languages
- hassle in Kannada
- ತೊಂದರೆ, ಹೋರಾಟ, ಜಗಳ
- hassle in Persian
- دردسر dardesar
Examples of hassle in a sentence
- It was only a sham wedding: they didn't care much for one another, but wanted their parents to stop hassling them.
- The points cost money to maintain and were a hassle when wrong-line working was needed.
- To get problems rectified, Lim who admits to being a “kaypoh” (busybody), would hassle the relevant authorities.
Synonyms of hassle
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Forms of hassle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hassles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hassles |
| present participle | hassling |
| past participle | hassled |
| past | hassled |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more hassle |
| superlative | most hassle |
Origin of hassle
Unknown. Probably from US Southern dialectal hassle (“to pant, breathe noisily”), possibly from haste + -le (frequentative suffix).
Words formed from hassle
Words that rhyme with hassle
Questions about hassle
- What does hassle mean?
- Hassle means trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
- What is hassle in Hindi?
- Hassle in Hindi is तंग करना (taṅg karnā), सिर खाना (sir khānā). See Hassle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hassle?
- Hassle can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hassle?
- Hassle is pronounced /ˈhæsl̩/.
- What is the plural of hassle?
- The plural of hassle is hassles.
Words near hassle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hassle (page history and authors); hassle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hassle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); വെകിളി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); hassle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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