Harassed vs Taut - What's the difference?
harassed | taut |
(harass)
To fatigue or to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts.
*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or
To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest.
* 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]
To put excessive burdens upon; to subject to anxieties.
(obsolete) devastation; waste
(obsolete) worry; harassment
Tight; under tension, as in a rope or bow string.
* 1883:
Experiencing stress or anxiety.
* 1989 Faye Kellerman, The Quality of Mercy
Containing only relevant parts, brief and controlled.
* 2007 Milton C. Sernett, Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory and History
As a verb harassed
is (harass).As an adjective taut is
tight; under tension, as in a rope or bow string.harassed
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Verb
(head)harass
English
Verb
(es)- In my old home, I always knew that John and my master were my friends; but here, although in many ways I was well treated, I had no friend. York might have known, and very likely did know, how that rein harassed me; but I suppose he took it as a matter of course that could not be helped; at any rate nothing was done to relieve me.
- in the early 1940s.
Synonyms
* hassle * harry * chivy or chivvy * chevy or chevvy * beset * plague * molest * provokeDerived terms
* harasser * harassmentExternal links
* *Noun
- (Milton)
- (Byron)
taut
English
Alternative forms
* (Scotland)Adjective
(er)- The hawser was as taut as a bowstring - so strong she pulled upon her anchor.
- His outward appearance was calm, but inside he was very taut .
- Quick action and dialogue create a taut story, although it is illustration that shapes the characters.