harried
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Definitions
adjective
- Stressed, rushed, panicked, overly busy or preoccupied.βThe entire place teemed with harried executives who had no time to talk to one another.β
- Harassed.
verb
- To plunder, pillage, assault.
- To make repeated attacks on an enemy.
- To strip, lay waste, ravage.
- To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.
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harassedtroubledvexedannoyedpesteredrushedhurriedacceleratedoccupiedhastenedoverhurriedoveroccupiedhecticfrenziedfranticoverpreoccupied