Past tense of harass
regular verb
The past tense of harass is harassed. The past participle is also harassed.
Forms of harass
| Base form (V1) | harass /həˈɹæs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | harassed |
| Past participle (V3) | harassed |
| Present participle | harassing |
| Third person singular | harasses |
Harassed in a sentence
- So, nope, he'sn't about to play the Naga sadhu for his harassed womenfolk.2001 December 21, Hidden Agenda, “an news: Naked Sadhus taking care of college girls”, in soc.culture.indian (Usenet). From the entry he'sn't
- Many ADDers become targets for bullies and are routinely harassed at school.1996, David Sosin, Attention Deficit Disorder, page 54. From the entry adder
- Gary Lee had to flee the dorms because he was brutally harassed by his suitemates.1977 December 10, Mark N. Silber, “Gays On Campus ― One Story”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 23, page 15. From the entry suitemate
- The answer was always a harassed smile and a promise that there should be machine-gun instruction mañana.1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter I, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC, page 9. From the entry mañana
- Lin had harassed the missionary group multiple times.2026 March 11, Massimo Introvigne, “When Stigmatization Turns Violent: Two CGM Members Assaulted with a Hammer in Taiwan”, in Bitter Winter. From the entry irritant
Meaning of harass
- verb To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.
- verb To persistently bother (someone, or a group of people) physically or psychologically when such behaviour is illegal and/or unwanted, especially over an extended period.
- verb To put excessive burdens upon (someone); to subject (someone) to anxieties.
Questions about the past tense of harass
- What is the past tense of harass?
- The past tense of harass is harassed.
- What is the past participle of harass?
- The past participle of harass is harassed.
- Is harass a regular or irregular verb?
- Harass is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: harass (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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