Verb: molest mu'lest
- Harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
"The victim reported that the suspect had molested her on the subway"
- Annoy or hinder continually or in many ways
"This man molests his female co-workers";
- harass, hassle [informal], harry, chivy [Brit], chivvy [Brit], chevy [Brit, archaic], chevvy [non-standard], beset, plague, provoke
Derived forms: molests, molesting, molested
Type of: annoy, assail, assault, attack, bother, chafe [archaic], devil, get at [informal], get to, gravel [US], irritate, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, rag, rile, roil [N. Amer], set on, tick off [informal], vex
Encyclopedia: Molest