Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hassle
Participle: hassled
Gerund: hassling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hassle |
| you | hassle |
| he;she;it | hassles |
| we | hassle |
| you | hassle |
| they | hassle |
Perfect
| I | have hassled |
| you | have hassled |
| he;she;it | has hassled |
| we | have hassled |
| you | have hassled |
| they | have hassled |
Past
| I | hassled |
| you | hassled |
| he;she;it | hassled |
| we | hassled |
| you | hassled |
| they | hassled |
Pluperfect
| I | had hassled |
| you | had hassled |
| he;she;it | had hassled |
| we | had hassled |
| you | had hassled |
| they | had hassled |
Future
| I | will hassle |
| you | will hassle |
| he;she;it | will hassle |
| we | will hassle |
| you | will hassle |
| they | will hassle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hassled |
| you | will have hassled |
| he;she;it | will have hassled |
| we | will have hassled |
| you | will have hassled |
| they | will have hassled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hassle |
| you | hassle |
| he;she;it | hassle |
| we | hassle |
| you | hassle |
| they | hassle |
Perfect
| I | have hassled |
| you | have hassled |
| he;she;it | have hassled |
| we | have hassled |
| you | have hassled |
| they | have hassled |
Imperfect
| I | hassled |
| you | hassled |
| he;she;it | hassled |
| we | hassled |
| you | hassled |
| they | hassled |
Pluperfect
| I | had hassled |
| you | had hassled |
| he;she;it | had hassled |
| we | had hassled |
| you | had hassled |
| they | had hassled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hassle |
| you | would hassle |
| he;she;it | would hassle |
| we | would hassle |
| you | would hassle |
| they | would hassle |
Perfect
| I | would have hassled |
| you | would have hassled |
| he;she;it | would have hassled |
| we | would have hassled |
| you | would have hassled |
| they | would have hassled |
Imperative
| you | hassle |
| we | Let's hassle |
| you | hassle |
Verbs conjugated like 'hassle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hassle'
assle,
rassle,
arsle,
castle,
chasse,
habble,
hackle,
haffle,
haggle,
hale,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause someone to be upset or displeased
- aggravate, annoy, antagonize, bother, bug, chap someone's hide, exasperate, get on someone's nerves, get on someone's wick, get someone's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get someone's Irish up, get up, give someone the shits, grind one's gears, grotch, hack off, harsh one's mellow, irk, jazz, nark, peeve, provoke, put someone's back up, raise someone's hackles, rile, rub the wrong way, ruffle some feathers, ruffle someone's feathers, tick off, try one's patience, vex, wind up
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Unknown. Probably from US Southern dialectal hassle (“to pant, breathe noisily”), possibly from haste + -le (frequentative suffix).Verbs referencing "hassle"
Cebuano hasol.
Sample Sentences
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The unlucky boy was hassled by a gang of troublemakers on his way home.
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"Oh uncool bush! Unloose this passle Of furry cats that you hassle!" [1969, Beard & Kennedy, Bored of the Rings, page 42:]
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If you don't want to hassle through converting formats, you'll have to stick with one program.
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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:]
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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:]