hassle

Something that takes extra effort because of annoying problems.

• Parking here is a hassle.
• We booked the tickets without any hassle.
• Moving house involved several unexpected hassles.

Similar words: bother, trouble, annoyance

Common phrases: a real hassle, too much hassle, without any hassle, a lot of hassle

To annoy someone by repeatedly bothering them or making demands.

• Stop hassling me!
• The salespeople hassled us as we walked past.
• My boss keeps hassling me to finish the report.

How to use it: hassle someone about something (He keeps hassling me about the report.); hassle someone for something (They hassled her for money.)

Similar words: bother, pester, annoy, harass

Common phrases: hassle someone, hassle someone for something, hassle someone about something

To bother someone deliberately because you want to start a fight or argument.

• Do not hassle him; he wants a fight.
• A group of boys hassled strangers outside the station.
• They were hassling each other until a fight broke out.

How to use it: hassle someone (A man outside the bar tried to hassle us.)

Similar words: provoke, pick a fight with

Common phrases: hassle someone, hassle strangers, hassle other people