From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishharryhar‧ry /ˈhæri/ verb (harried, harrying, harries) [transitive] 1 ATTACKto keep attacking an enemy2 ASK A QUESTIONto keep asking someone for something in a way that is upsetting or annoying→ See Verb table
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harry• No longer are they helpless pawns, harried and wounded by the disease, driven helplessly out of life.• All day, every day, they are harried by everyone they meet.• He looks harried from having had to push his way through to reach me.• Yet a devil was loose somewhere, a restless imp had slipped into her and would not be harried or prayed out.• It has to harry the government to take a less relaxed view on international nuclear proliferation.Origin harry Old English hergian 