Verb: harry her-ee or ha-ree [N. Amer], ha-ree [Brit]
- Annoy or hinder continually or in many ways
"He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked";
- harass, hassle [informal], chivy [Brit], chivvy [Brit], chevy [Brit, archaic], chevvy [non-standard], beset, plague, molest, provoke
- Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
"The invaders harried the coastal villages";
- ravage
Derived forms: harrying, harried, harries
Type of: annoy, bother, chafe [archaic], destroy, devil, get at [informal], get to, gravel [US], irritate, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, rag, rile, roil [N. Amer], ruin, tick off [informal], vex
Encyclopedia: Harry, Richard