molest
Verb
Verb Forms: molested, molesting, molests
- To annoy, bother, or interfere with someone.
- harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
- annoy continually or chronically
- To sexually assault or sexually harass.
- To annoy, trouble, or afflict.
- To disturb or tamper with.
Examples
- He tried not to molest his opponent with constant chatter during the game.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English molesten, from Old French molester, from Latin molestō (“to trouble, annoy, molest”), from molestus (“troublesome”), from moles (“a burden, difficulty, labor, trouble”); see mole.
Synonyms
beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, plague, provoke, Idioms:, aggravate, annoy, antagonize, bedevil, boil someone's piss, bother, botherate, bug, burn up, chap someone's hide, cheese off, come on to, dabble in, devil, diddle, disgruntle, disturb, exasperate, frustrate, get, get on someone's nerves, get on someone's tits, get on someone's wick, get someone's Irish up, get someone's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get someone's nanny, get someone's nanny-goat, get under one's goat, get up, give someone the shits, grate, grind one's gears, grotch, hack off, harsh one's mellow, interfere with, irk, irritate, jazz, meddle with, molest, mommick, nark, pee off, peeve, persecute, pique, piss off, put someone's back up, raise someone's hackles, rankle, rile, rile up, roil, rub someone the wrong way, rub up the wrong way, ruffle, ruffle someone's feathers, sting, storm, tee off, test someone's patience, tick off, torque off, touch, trouble, try one's patience, vex, wind up
Scrabble Score: 8
molest: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmolest: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
molest: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary