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harry

[ har-ee ]
/ ˈhær i /
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verb (used with object), har·ried, har·ry·ing.

to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
to ravage, as in war; devastate: The troops harried the countryside.

verb (used without object), har·ried, har·ry·ing.

to make harassing incursions.

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RELATED WORDS

beleaguer, sack, torment, ravage, molest, worry, badger, gnaw, perturb, vex, attack, irk, persecute, devastate, pillage, plunder, plague, trouble, fret, bedevil

Nearby words

  1. harrovian,
  2. harrow,
  3. harrowing,
  4. harrowingly,
  5. harrumph,
  6. harry potter,
  7. harsh,
  8. harshen,
  9. harshly,
  10. harshness

Origin of harry

before 900; Middle English herien, Old English her(g)ian (derivative of here army); cognate with German verheeren, Old Norse herja to harry, lay waste
Related formsun·har·ried, adjective

Definition for harry (2 of 3)

Harry

[ har-ee ]
/ ˈhær i /

noun

a male given name, form of Harold or Henry.

Definition for harry (3 of 3)

Lawes

[ lawz ]
/ lɔz /

noun

HenryHarry, 1596–1662, English composer.
Lewis E(dward),1883–1947, U.S. penologist.
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British Dictionary definitions for harry (1 of 2)

harry

/ (ˈhærɪ) /

verb -ries, -rying or -ried

(tr) to harass; worry
to ravage (a town, etc), esp in war

Word Origin for harry

Old English hergian; related to here army, Old Norse herja to lay waste, Old High German heriōn

British Dictionary definitions for harry (2 of 2)

Lawes

/ (lɔːz) /

noun

Henry. 1596–1662, English composer, noted for his music for Milton's masque Comus (1634) and for his settings of some of Robert Herrick's poems
his brother, William . 1602–45, English composer, noted for his harmonically experimental instrumental music
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