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HAPHAZARD - HARPOON
HAPHAZARD - adjectives
• HAZY-DAZY careless, haphazard ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAG-TIME haphazard; carelessly happy-go-lucky ...1910 colloq.
• TEMERARIOUS † acting or happening at random; fortuitous, casual, haphazard ...1660
• TUMULTUARIOUS * hurriedly done; irregular, disorderly, confused; haphazard, random ...1607
HAPHAZARD - adverbs
• HAP-LUCK haphazard, without premeditation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAPPY-BE-LUCKY † as luck will have it; haphazard ...1633
• HAPPY BY LUCKY at a chance, at all hazards, by chance ...1854 Eng. dial.
• HAPPY-GO-LUCKY as luck would have it; by chance; haphazard ...1672
• HAPSHER-HAPSHER haphazard, at random ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAPSHER-RAPSHA haphazard, at random ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HAPSHER-RAPSHER haphazard, at random ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HAPSHER-RAPSHY haphazard, at random ...1881 Eng. dial.
HAPHAZARD - verbs
• HALF-ASS to do something in a careless or haphazard fashion ...1968 Amer. dial.
HAPHAZARDLY - adverbs
• BY GOD AND BY GUESS haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY DAMNED haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GAR haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GOD haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1923 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GODFREY haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GOLLY haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GORRY haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GOSH haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GRACIOUS haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GUY haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY JINGO haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS OR BY GOD haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1963 Amer. dial.
• CATCH AS CAN in a haphazard fashion ...1960 Amer. dial.
• HALF-ASSED carelessly, incompetently; haphazardly ...1920s sl., orig. US
• INGATE OR OUTGATE willy-nilly, by any means whatever ...1882 Eng. dial.
HAPPEN - adjectives
• OCCURRENT * that occurs or happens; occurring ...1535 now
• ON TOP about to happen ...1978 UK sl.
HAPPEN - nouns
• CASE † a thing that befalls or happens to anyone; an event, occurrence, hap, or chance ...a1225
HAPPEN - verbs
• ADVENTURE † to come by chance, to happen, to befall ...c1400
• BECHANCE to happen, to befall, to chance ...1527
• BECOME † to come about, to come to pass, to happen, to fall to one's lot, to befall ...c888
• BEFORTUNE * to befall, to happen, to chance ...1591
• BEGET to happen, to befall ...1882 Eng. dial.
• BEHAP † to befall, to happen ...c1450
• BEHAPPEN † to befall, to happen ...1515
• BELAMP † to happen, to occur, to befall ...a1000
• BELIMP † to happen, to occur, to befall ...a1000
• BE OFF to happen, esp. of a violent incident ...1960s sl.
• BETIDE to happen, to befall ...c1250
• BETIME † to betide, to happen, to befall ...a1225
• CLOCKWORK ALONG to go smoothly; 'to go like clockwork' ...1990s UK sl.
• COOK to occur, to happen, to take place ...1940s Amer. sl.
• FALL to befall, to betide; to happen, to occur ...1743 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FALL AT HAND † to be near at hand, to be going to happen ...1529
• FALL FORTH † to happen; to occur ...1604
• HAP to happen, to come to pass, to occur, to chance ...1340-70 arch.
• IMPEND to be about to happen; to be imminent or near at hand ...1674
• OBVENE †* to occur, to befall, to happen ...1654
• ON-BECOME † to befall, to happen ...c1305
• ON-BEFALL to befall, to happen to ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POP OFF to happen; to start ...1990s sl.
• POP UP to create, to make happen, to cause ...1930s sl.
• SUCCEED † to happen, to come to pass, to take place ...1537
• SUCCESS †* to happen ...1567
• TIDE to happen, to befall ...a1131 arch.
• TIME † to befall, to happen ...c1205
• TO-COME † to happen, to befall ...c1200
• UNBETIDE †* to fail to happen ...c1374
• WAIT to befall, to happen ...1825 Sc.
HAPPEN - phrases
• BLOW HIGH, BLOW LOW whatever may happen ...1774
• IN THE OFFING in the projected future; likely to happen
• THAT'S THE WAY THE BALL BOUNCES that's the way things are and there's nothing one can do about it; that's the way things happen ...1952 US sl.
• THAT'S THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLES that's the way things are and nothing can be done to change it ...1956 Amer. sl.
• WHAT'S THE DANCE? what's going on? what's going to happen? ...2002 UK prison sl.
HAPPENING - adjectives
• HAPPENABLE †* capable of happening; that may possibly happen ...a1659
• ON planned; hence, in progress ...a1881 colloq.
HAPPENING - nouns
• ACTION what is going on or happening; thus a situation or state of affairs, anything exciting, current, interesting, depending on the context, e.g. the chance for sex, a musical performance, a night's gambling ...1920s sl., orig. US Black
• BEFALLING happening, occurrence, event ...c1374
• BEING † occurrence, happening ...1624
• BETIDING † happening, occurrence ...c1374
• DIGGINGS AND DOINGS proceedings, 'goings on', happenings ...1886 Eng. dial.
• INTROMISSIONS goings on with a person ...1899 Sc.
• SCENE 1. a situation; a happening ...1945 US sl.
2. the place where what's happening is happening ...1960s Amer. sl
• TIDING † something that happens; an event, incident, occurrence ...c1205 obs. or arch.
• TIMING † happening, occurrence; good or ill fortune; an event, an occurrence ...c1250
HAPPENING - phrases
• HOW THE WORLD WAGS how affairs are going ...1600
HAPPILY - adverbs
• BENEWRELY † happily ...1483
• BIENLY comfortably, easily, happily ...1788 Sc.
• CADGY happily, merrily, cheerfully ...1896 Sc.
• CAIGY happily, merrily, cheerfully ...1896 Sc.
• HAPPENLY † fortunately, happily ...c1375
• OMINOUSLY † with presage of good, happily ...1597
HAPPINESS - adjectives
• BEATIFIC making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness ...1649
• BEATIFICAL making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness ...1605
• EUDEMONIC conducive to happiness ...1865
• HAPPILESS * void of happiness ...1618
• PARADISAIC pert. to a place of supreme happiness; peacefully beautiful; Eden-like ...1754
• PARADISAICAL pert. to a place of supreme happiness; peacefully beautiful; Eden-like ...1623
HAPPINESS - nouns
• BEATITUDE supreme happiness or blessedness ...1491
• BENEURTE † happiness, blessedness ...1480
• EADINESS † happiness, prosperity ...c1200
• EADNESS † happiness, luxury ...a1000
• EDEN a delightful abode or resting-place, a paradise; a state of supreme happiness ...a1225
• FEEL-GOOD a feeling of happiness and well-being ...colloq., orig. US
• FAUSTITUDE † good luck, happiness ...1721
• FAUSTITY † good luck, happiness, good fortune ...1656
• JAM excellence; good luck; happiness ...1882 sl.
• JAMMY excellence; good luck; happiness ...Bk1896 sl.
• REAL JAM excellence; good luck; happiness ...1889 sl.
• SUNSHINE 1. a source of happiness or prosperity ...1595
2. happiness or cheerfulness of mind or heart; sunny disposition ...1742
HAPPINESS - verbs
• CALL THE QUEEN ONE'S AUNT to have the greatest happiness or distinction possible ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAVE THE QUEEN FOR ONE'S AUNT to have the greatest happiness or distinction possible ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HAPPY - adjectives
• ABOUT HALF feeling fine, relatively happy ...1969 sl.
• BEATIFIED made supremely happy or blessed ...1575
• BENEUROUS † happy, blessed ...1483
• BENEWRED † happy, blessed ...1483
• BUCKED happy, pleased, proud ...1907 sl.
• CHAFFEY boisterous, happy, jolly; bantering ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CHAFFY boisterous, happy, jolly; bantering ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CHUFFED pleased, happy; delighted; flattered; also, displeased, disgruntled ...1957 Brit. sl., orig, services' usage
• CRACKED UP delighted; happy ...1977 Amer. sl.
• DISNEYFIED sickeningly, sentimentally happy ...1970s US Black sl.
• EADI † happy, fortunate, well-omened ...c825
• FAIN glad, happy, well-pleased ...8-11C Beowulf now chiefly poetic or Eng. dial.
• FANE glad, happy, well-pleased ...1766 Eng. dial.
• FAUST * lucky, happy ...1692
• FEEL-GOOD causing a feeling of happiness and well-being ...colloq., orig. US
• FEIGN glad, happy, well-pleased ...1766 Eng. dial.
• FELICIOUS † happy, joyous ...c1485
• HANDSOME † of action, speech, etc.: appropriate, apt, dexterous, skilful, clever, happy ...1563-87
• HAPPEN † fortunate, happy, blessed ...a1300
• HAPPY AS LARRY, AS extremely happy ...1905 sl., orig. Aust.
• JACKED happy, satisfied, excited ...1980s US campus sl.
• JACKED UP excited, exhilarated, happy ...1930s US sl.
• JOLLY AS A SAND-BOY very happy, high-spirited ...1823
• KEDGY brisk, active, sprightly, lively; cheerful, happy ...1719 Eng. dial.
• LOOK AS SMILING AS A BASKET OF CHIPS showing great happiness ...1834 Amer. dial.
• NICE feeling well, happy, at one with the world, esp. as a result of taking drugs or drink ...1940s US Black sl.
• OFF happy, elated, enjoying the positive effects of drugs or drink ...1960s sl.
• ON CLOUD NINE extremely or completely happy ...1959 sl.
• ON CLOUD SEVEN extremely or completely happy ...1956 US sl.
• OVERHAPPIED overjoyed and happy ...1931 Amer. dial.
• OVER THE MOON happy, pleased ...1936 sl.
• PANICKY extremely elated; ecstatically happy; highly excited ...1940s US Black sl.
• SILVER prosperous, happy ...1659-60
• SUNSHINE cheerful, cheering; prosperous, happy, joyous ...1593
• TICKLED happy, pleased ...1907 sl.
• TICKLED PINK happy, pleased ...1907 sl.
• TICKLED TO DEATH happy, pleased ...1907 sl.
• UP mentally stimulated, excited, hopeful, happy, elated ...1942 sl., orig. US
• UP IN THE AIR happy, in a good mood ...20C sl.
• VOGGY merry, cheerful, delighted, gay, happy; elated, contented ...B1900 Sc.
• VOGIE merry, cheerful, delighted, gay, light-hearted, happy ...c1715 Sc.
• WEALSOME † happy, prosperous, fraught with happiness ...1382
HAPPY - nouns
• BEATIFICATION the act of rendering, or condition of being rendered, supreme happy or blessed ...1502
• PARTY FACE the appearance of being happy ...1960s Amer. sl.
• RED-LETTER DAY a happy day or lucky occasion ...Bk1903 sl.
• RISE ON THE RIGHT SIDE a happy augury ...1607 sl.
HAPPY - nouns, person
• RAY OF SUNSHINE a happy person; one whose happiness cheers others ...1915 sl.
HAPPY - verbs
• BEATIFICATE † to make supremely happy or blessed ...a1636
• BEATIFY to make supremely happy or blessed ...1535
• FART THROUGH SILK to live a life of luxury and ease; to live prosperously; to feel happy; to be important ...1927 US sl.
• FEEL LIKE GOING TO HEAVEN IN A STRING to feel blindly and confusedly happy ...Bk1904 sl.
• FELICIFY †* to make happy ...1683
• FORBLISS to make happy ...a1300
• HAPPIFY to make happy ...1612
• HAPPY † to render happy ...c1600
• HEAVEN to render supremely happy ...1627-47
• LUBE to keep happy, to entertain ...1930s sl.
• PLEASE UP to treat with special care; to make happy ...1884 Amer. dial.
• PUT FAT ON ONE'S RIBS to make happy ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• REJOY † to make joyful or happy; to cause to rejoice ...c1374
• SUMMER † to give a person a 'sunny' or happy time ...1622
HAPPY - phrases
• WHATEVER BAKES ONE'S BISCUIT whatever makes one happy or satisfied ...2000s US sl.
• WHATEVER BLOWS YOUR SKIRT UP a general phrase of acquiescence; whatever you like; whatever makes you happy ...1980s US sl.
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY - adjectives
• BORIS-NORIS careless, reckless, rash; happy-go-lucky; going on blindly without any thought of risk or decency ...1863 Eng. dial.
• EASY-GO-LUCKY easygoing, happy-go-lucky, not worrying ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GIDDY-GO-LUCKY foolishly happy-go-lucky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HALUM-SCALUM easygoing, happy-go-lucky ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAG-TIME haphazard; carelessly happy-go-lucky ...1910 colloq.
• SLAP-HAPPY-GO-LUCKY foolishly happy-go-lucky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY - nouns, person
• CANE NIGGER (?offensive) a happy-go-lucky fellow, one devoid of care and anxiety ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
HARANGUE - nouns
• EARWIGGING a private conversation; a rebuke in private; a scolding or harangue ...1842 colloq.
• JAWBATION a long and tedious harangue; a severe lecture or reprimand; a tedious rebuke or reproof; a scolding ...1840 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LAGAMACHIE a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• LAMGAMASHY a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• LAMGAMMERIE a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• LOGAMOCHY a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• SCREED a dissertation; a long harangue; a document, a letter; a poetical effusion; a long list or catalogue; a lie, a fabrication ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
HARANGUE - verbs
• TALK SOMEONE'S ARM OFF to talk incessantly at someone, to harangue ...M19 US sl.
HARASS - nouns
• GALL † a person or thing that harasses or distresses ...1537
HARASS - nouns, person
• BALLBREAKER a demanding, contentious, harassing, annoying, or otherwise vexatious person; a cruel taskmaster; a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman ...1942 US sl.
• BALLBUSTER a demanding, contentious, harassing, annoying, or otherwise vexatious person; a cruel taskmaster; a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman ...c1944 US sl.
• GALL † a person or thing that harasses or distresses ...1537
HARASS - verbs
• ASS-BITE to harass an employee or the like ...1976 Amer. sl.
• BEHOODLE to annoy, to harass, to bother ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BEPESTER to pester greatly, to plague, to vex, to harass ...1600
• BERAG to worry, to harass, to annoy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESTAND † to stand round in hostility; to beset, to press hard upon, to harass ...c1000
• BREAK ONE'S BALLS to provoke anger; hence, to make oneself a pest, as by complaining or scolding; to harass, to hector, to nag ...1955 US sl.
• BULLYRAG to harass someone
• BUST ONE'S ASS to harass; to annoy ...1965 Amer. sl.
• BUST ONE'S BALLS to provoke anger; hence, to make oneself a pest, as by complaining or scolding; to harass, to hector, to nag ...1967 US sl.
• CARK † to burden with care; to worry, to harass, to vex, to trouble ...a1300 obs. or arch.
• DANCE SOMEONE AROUND to harass; to pressurize someone ...1980s US sl.
• DEVIL to tease, to annoy, to bother, to harass ...1819 Amer. dial.
• FRAB to harass, worry, fret, fidget; to irritate, excite ...1848 Eng. dial.
• HAGGLE to tease, to worry, to harass; to over-work, to fatigue, to tire out ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• HAG-RIDE to harass, to torment, esp. during sleep; to cause nightmares or nightmare-like experiences ...1661 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• HAISTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person; to annoy ...1818 Sc.
• HARE † to harry; to worry; to harass; to tease ...1523
• HARRISH to harass, to worry, to torment, to trouble; to ravage ...1843 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• HARROW to harass, to distress, to fatigue greatly ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HARRY 1. to harass persons by hostile attacks, forced exactions, or rapacity; to oppress, to despoil ...a1300
2. to worry, to goad, to torment, to harass; to maltreat, to ill-use, to persecute; to worry mentally; to bother ...a1400-50
• HASSLE to cause trouble or harm to; to bother, to pester, to harass a person ...1959
• HATCHEL * to harass, to worry ...1833
• HATTER † to harass, to vex, to ill-treat; to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue or drudgery ...1687 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HERRY 1. to harass, to oppress, to despoil, to ruin; to drag or carry off ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. to harass, to tease, to worry, to bother; to overdo, to urge, to impel ...1860 Eng. dial.
• HESTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person ...1818 Sc.
• JAY to harass, to pester someone until a desired result is obtained ...1927 Amer. dial.
• JERK SOMEONE'S CHAIN to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• JERK SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• MAUL to fatigue, to tire out; to harass, to vex ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESS WITH to harass, to annoy, to interfere with ...L19 sl.
• MOLESTATE † to harass, to trouble ...1543
• MOMMICK to harass, to browbeat ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MOMMOCK to harass, to tease, to annoy, to torment, to impose on ...1946 Amer. dial.
• MONSTER to harass, to threaten, to victimize someone ...1967 Aust. sl.
• MUMMICK to harass, to tease, to impose on, to annoy, to torment ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MUMMOCK to harass, to browbeat ...1950 Amer. dial.
• NIRK to irk, to annoy, to harass, to weary ...1861 Eng. dial.
• OPPRESS † of an enemy, external circumstances, etc.: to press or bear heavily on; to reduce to straits; to molest, to trouble, to harass, to distress ...1382
• PAIL to trouble; to harass, to weary ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PULL SOMEONE'S CHAIN to elicit someone's anger or annoyance, esp. deliberately; to nag; to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; ...1962 US sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• RAG to tease, to banter, to harass, to annoy; to engage in teasing ...1860. sl.
• RAG ON to tease, to banter, to harass, to annoy; to engage in teasing ...1900 Amer. sl.
• RAIZE to annoy or harass someone ...1991 US sl.
• RANK to kid or tease a person; to annoy, to harass; to ridicule ...1934 Amer. dial.
• RANK OUT to kid or tease a person; to harass, to insult ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RATTLE SOMEONE'S CHAIN to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• RATTLE SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• TAINGHLE to harass or weary with hard work; to struggle on, to toil laboriously ...1803 Sc.
• TARVEAL † to drive a person hard at work, to harass, to fatigue; to vex, to plague ...1768 Sc.
• TEASE to harass; to drive ...B1900 Sc.
• TERRIFY to irritate, to torment, to harass, to annoy, to tease ... 1839 Eng. & Amer, dial.
• TEW to exhaust; to fatigue; to tire; to trouble, to harass, to bother; to overcome ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRING † to press hard, use oppression; to oppress, to harass, to distress, to afflict ...c1175
• WAR † to harass, to persecute ...a1225
• WOOL to badger, to harass ...1864 Amer. sl.
• YANK to victimize, to harass or to dupe ...1900s US sl.
• YANK SOMEONE'S CHAIN to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• YANK SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone...1980s Amer. sl.
HARASSED - adjectives
• HAG-RIDDEN oppressed in mind; harassed ...1702
• TAGGLIT harassed with anything, encumbered, drudged ...1808 Sc.
• TEWED harassed, bothered ...1892 Amer. dial.
HARASSING - adjectives
• HARRYING worrying, harassing, wearying ...1873 Eng. dial.
• HATTERING harassing, tiring ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ON SOMEONE'S ASS harassing, vexing, scolding, pursuing someone ...1948 Amer. sl.
HARASSING - phrases
• GET OFF A PERSON'S BACK to stop harassing or annoying him or her ...colloq.
HARASSMENT - nouns
• AGGRO any form of problems, difficulties, harassment ...1960s sl.
• AGRO any form of problems, difficulties, harassment ...1960s sl.
• BALL-BREAKING. harassment ...1948 US sl.
• BALL-BUSTING harassment ...1940s sl., orig. US
• MAUL a harassment, vexation; an infliction ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• STATIC harassment, trouble, complications ...1926 US sl.
HARBOUR - adjectives
• HARBOROUS † furnished with harbours or havens for ships ...1612
HARBOUR - nouns
• HARBERY shelter for ships, a harbour ...a1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HARBOURY shelter for ships, a harbour ...a1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HARBRY shelter for ships, a harbour ...a1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAUEN a harbour, a haven ...1854 Eng. dial.
• HAVEN a recess or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, affording good anchorage and a safe station for ships; a harbour, a port ...1031
• HAVENAGE harbour-dues ...1864
• HAVENET † a small haven or harbour ...1538
• HAVENLET † a small harbour or port ...1538
• HAWN a harbour, a haven ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TIDE the water in a dock or harbour; the seashore ...1867 Sc.
HARBOUR - nouns, person
• HAVENER a harbour-master ...1602
HARBOUR - verbs
• HARBRY to anchor a ship in a haven or harbour ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HERBERY to anchor a ship in a haven or harbour ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
HARD - adjectives
• AIRNY hard or strong as iron ...1791 Sc.
• BAD difficult, hard ...1882 Eng. dial.
• DEAR † hard, difficult ...a1225
• DERE † hard, difficult ...a1225
• DERF † 1. troublesome, hard, difficult ...a1225
2. of things: hard, rough ...1804 Sc.
• DERN hard, stern ...1887 Eng. dial.
• HARD AS A DOOR-NAIL, AS very hard ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• ILL hard, difficult ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LIKE NAILS comparing anything very hard ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• TIGHT difficult, hard ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TOR † difficult, hard, toilsome; irksome, tedious ...c1200
HARD - adverbs
• CRUEL severely; extremely hard ...1937 UK sl.
• CRUELLY severely; extremely hard ...1937 UK sl.
HARD - nouns
• ASS-KICK an exceedingly hard task ...1973 Amer. sl.
• BALL-BUSTER a notably hard course or examination ...1950s US college sl.
• BURLY a hard thing to accomplish ...20C teen & high school sl.
• WORKOUT a hard job; an exhausting effort ...20C Amer. sl.
HARD - nouns, person
• NUTCRUSHER a hard man or woman; a strict disciplinarian ...1999 Brit. sl.
HARD - verbs
• WARISH † to become hard or callous ...1570
HARDEN - verbs
• FASTEN † to make firm or solid; to strengthen, to harden ...c1400
• ROBORATE †* to make obdurate, to harden ...1652
HARDENED - adjectives
• OBSTINED †* made obstinate or persistent; hardened ...1606
HARDEST - adjectives
• RANSTIEST adj. hardest, most difficult ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HARD-HEARTED - adjectives
• CALLUSED hard-hearted, indifferent ...1887 Sc.
• DEDOLENT † that feels sorrow no more; feeling no compunction; insensible, callous, hard-hearted ...1633
• HARD-SHELL conservative, straitlaced; unyielding; hard-hearted ...1900 Amer. dial.
• HARD-SHELLED conservative, straitlaced; unyielding; hard-hearted ...1858 Amer. dial.
• HEART-BOUND † having the heart shut up or fast-closed to a person; pitiless, hard-hearted, mean, stingy ...1616
• OBDURATE hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1586
• OBDURATIOUS †* hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1672
• OBDURE † hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1624
• PEBBLE-HEARTED hard-hearted; cruel; unfeeling ...1887
• POHAKU hard-hearted ...1938 Hawaii sl.
• STONY-HEARTED unfeeling; hard-hearted
HARD-HEARTED - nouns, person
• HARDSHELL a conservative or straitlaced person; one who is unyielding or hard-hearted ...1902 Amer. dial.
HARD-HEARTEDNESS - nouns
• DEDOLENCE † absence of grief or sorrow; insensibility, callousness, hard-heartedness ...1606
• DEDOLENCY † absence of grief or sorrow; insensibility, callousness, hard-heartedness ...a1617
HARDIHOOD - nouns
• HARDHEAD hardihood ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARDIESSE hardihood, boldness ...1340
• HARDIHEAD hardihood; boldness; audacity ...1579 arch.
• HARDIMENT boldness, courage, daring, hardihood ...c1374 arch.
HARDILY - adverbs
• HARDIFLY †* hardily ...c1500
• HARDLY † boldly, daringly, hardily ...a1225
HARDINESS - nouns
• HARDIHEAD boldness, hardiness; audacity ...1579 arch.
• HARDHEDE †* hardness ...c1440
HARDLY - adverbs
• FAINTLY † hardly, scarcely ...1529
• HARD AND SHARP scarcely, hardly, with difficulty, barely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARDLEYS hardly, scarcely ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARDLINGS hardly, scarcely ...1839 Eng. dial.
• SCANT scarcely, hardly, barely ...1877 Sc.
• SCANTLINS scarcely, hardly ...1772 Sc.
• SCRIMPITLY scarcely, hardly ...1838 Sc.
HARD-PRESSED - adjectives
• SHOVED hard-pressed by circumstances ...1859 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-PRESSED hard-pressed, closely pursued ...1911 Sc.
• THRUTCHED hard pressed with work, worry, etc.; distressed or troubled in mind ...1874 Eng. dial.
• WITH ONE'S BACK TO THE WALL hard-pressed, struggling against odds ...1819
HARD-PRESSED - verbs
• BE HARD BESTED to be hard put to it, to be hard pressed ...c1330
HARDSHIP - adjectives
• RAININ' characterized by hard times ...1960s Amer. sl.
HARDSHIP - nouns
• DUES the hardships which you must endure to obtain success ...1950s Amer. sl.
• GAFF severe treatment, criticism, punishment, or hardship ...L19 US sl.
• HARDLAIK † hardship, harshness, severity ...c1400
• HARDS hard times ...E19 sl.
• HARD SLEDDIN' poverty, hardship, misery ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCUFFLE difficulty; great hardship ...1890s US Black sl.
• TOLERANCE † the act of enduring or sustaining pain or hardship; the power or capacity of enduring; endurance ...1412-20
• TORFER† hardship, trouble, distress; harm, mischief, injury ...a1300
• WANDRETH † misery, distress, hardship; adversity, poverty ...c1175
• WANTS † straits; circumstances or times of want, hardship, suffering, etc. ...1588
HARDSHIP - verbs
• TAKE IT ON THE CHIN to suffer hardship and adversity without complaint ...1920s, orig. US
• TOLERATE † to endure, to sustain pain or hardship ...1531
HARDSHIP - phrases
• MALE WRINGS, THE † something is wrong, there is a state of hardship ...c1430
• RAININ' ALL OVER characterized by harder times ...1960s Amer. sl.
HARDTACK - nouns
• ANGEL CAKE hardtack ...1963 Amer. military sl., now hist.
• ANGEL FOOD hardtack ...1899 US military, jocular
• ARMOR PLATE hardtack ...1916 US military sl.
HARD-UP - adjectives
• PUT TO ONE'S STUMPS poor, hard-up ...Bk1904 sl.
• TIGHT in financial difficulties, hard up; of money: scarce ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
HARD-WORKING - adjectives
• EIDENT diligent, industrious, busy, attentive to; hard-working ...1591 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ENDEAVOURING industrious, hard-working ...1868 Eng. dial.
• HARD-GRAFTING hard-working ...1972 Aust. sl.
• LABOURSOME † given to labour; hard-working ...1551
• NAGERING hard-working ...Bk1889 Eng. dial.
• PAINFUL painstaking, hardworking, active ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEWING hard-working, industrious, energetic ...1729 Eng. dial.
• TEWSOME hard-working, industrious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HARD-WORKING - nouns, person
• CONCH a devotedly hard worker ...1960s US college & Aust. sl.
• CONCHIE. a devotedly hard worker ...1960s US college & Aust. sl.
• CONSHY a devotedly hard worker ...1960s US college & Aust. sl.
• DIGGER a diligent or hard-working person; a serious student ...1901 Amer. dial.
• EAGER BEAVER an annoyingly diligent and hard-working person ...1943 US sl.
• FAG a hard worker ...M19 sl.
• FAGGER one who works hard ...1885
• GRAFTER a hard worker ...1900 sl.
• MISS GRIND a very hard worker ...17C
• OIL-BURNER an exceptionally able or hard-working person ...1960s US sl.
• PEALER something remarkable of its kind; a hard-working, energetic person ...1823 Amer. dial.
• PEELER a ranch hand or cowboy; one who tames wild horses; a bronco-buster ...1894 Amer. dial.
• PEYL-AWAY an energetic person; a hard worker ...1896 Eng. dial.
• QUEER one who works hard ...1960s US college sl.
• RAKER a hard worker ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEWER a hard worker; an industrious, energetic person ...1878 Eng. dial.
• TOILER a hard-working person ...1549
• WHEELHORSE one who does the hard work in some enterprise or cause; a trusted assistant; a hard-working or powerful person ...1845 Amer. dial.
HARDY - adjectives
• DEAR † brave, bold, strenuous, hardy ...a1000
• DERE † brave, bold, strenuous, hardy ...a1000
• DERF † 1. bold, daring, courageous, brave, hardy ...c1200
• GALLIARD valiant, hardy, stout, sturdy ...a1400 arch.
• HARD AND HEATHER BRED hardy; possessed of great vigour and activity ...1899 Eng. dial.
• HARDLY hardy, robust, strong ...1845 Eng. dial.
• IRON-SIDED hardy, rough, unmanageable; impudent, defiant ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• THRUNTY healthy, hardy; sturdy, robust, strong ...1790 Eng. dial.
• UMBERSORROW † hardy; resisting disease or the effects of severe weather ...1808 Sc.
HARDY - nouns
• HARDISHIP †* hardy behaviour, courage ...a1240
HARDY - verbs
• HARDISS †* to make hardy, to embolden ...1297
• HARDY † to make hardy or bold; to encourage ...a1225
• HARDYSSE †* to make hardy, to embolden ...1297
HARE - see RABBIT
HAREBRAINED - adjectives
• BEE-HEADED harebrained, flighty, excitable; light-headed, unsettled ...1879
• BEE-HEADIT harebrained; flighty; eccentric; excitable ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAT-WITTED small-minded, obstinate, and spiteful; silly and conceited; harebrained, whimsical ...1673
• COCK-BRAINED having little judgement; foolish and light-headed; silly, giddy, rash, harebrained, thoughtless, flighty ...1530
• FEATHER-HEADED empty-headed, harebrained, silly, brainless ...1647
• GARE-BRAINED † crazy, harebrained ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALLIRACKIT giddy, hare-brained ...Bk1905 Sc.
• KAE-WITTED harebrained, half-witted ...1793 Sc.
• KAY-WITTED half-witted, harebrained, scatterbrained ...1853 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGAR irresponsible, harebrained, heedless ...1825 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGEROUS † heedless, harebrained ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMSTUGIOUS † heedless, harebrained ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RASE-BRAINED impetuous, harebrained, wild, violent ...1887 Eng, dial.
• RATTLE-BRAINED talkative; flighty; harebrained; silly; stupid; prone to confusion; foolish; unable to concentrate ...1868 Sc.
• RATTLE-HEADED talkative, flighty, harebrained ...1790 Sc.
• RATTLE-NODDLED † characterized by foolish noisy levity of character or conduct; giddy, harebrained, flighty, noisy, wild; rattle-headed ...1661
• RATTLE-SCULLED talkative, flighty, harebrained ...1883 Sc.
• SCATTER-WITTED senseless, harebrained ...1867 Sc.
• SKIP-BRAIN flighty, harebrained ...1603
• SKIVIE harebrained; mentally deranged ...1808 Sc.
• WHIZZLE-BRAINED giddy, thoughtless, harebrained ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WIZZLE-PATED giddy, harebrained, thoughtless ...B1900 Eng. dial.
HAREBRAINED - nouns, person
• HALLIRAKUS a giddy, hare-brained person ...1803 Sc.
• RATTLE a giddy, harebrained person; one who talks volubly; a chatterer; a stupid fellow ...B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAPEGRACE a man or boy of reckless and disorderly habits; a careless, idle, harebrained fellow; a graceless, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne'er-do-well; a complete rogue or rascal (rarely applied to a female) ...1809
• SKITTER-WIT a flighty person; a foolish, harebrained fellow; a scatterbrain ...1886 Eng. dial.
HARELIP - adjectives
• HARE-SCALED having a cleft or hare-lip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARE-SHAWN having a cleft or hare-lip ...1886 Eng. dial.
• HARE-SHORN having a cleft or hare-lip ...1886 Eng. dial.
• HARE-SHOTTEN having a cleft or hare-lip ...1883 Eng. dial.
• HAY-SCALED hare-lipped ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KIDNEY-LIPPED † hare-lipped ...1648
HARELIP - nouns
• HAIR-SHARD a cleft lip; a harelip ...1846 Sc. dial.
• HAIR-SHAW a cleft lip; a harelip ...1846 Sc. dial.
• HAIR-SHORN-LIP a cleft lip; a harelip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARE-SCART a hare-lip ...1892 N. Ireland
• HARE-SHA a hare-lip ...1896 Eng. dial.
• HARE-SHARD a hare-lip ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HARE-SHAW † a harelip ...1597 obs. exc. Sc.
• HARE-SHED a hare-lip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARE-SHIE a hare-lip ...1876 Sc.
• HARE-SHORE a hare-lip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARE-SKART a hare-lip ...Bk1905 Sc.
HARLOT - adjectives
• MERETRICIAL † befitting a harlot; having the character of a harlot ...1751
• QUEANISH † of the nature of a harlot or strumpet ...1596
HARLOT - nouns
• NUGGING-DRESS an odd or exotic dress, esp. a loose dress affected by, and characteristic of, harlots ...L17 cant
HARLOT - nouns, person
• ACADEMICIAN a harlot ...Bk1921 sl.
• AMOROSA a wanton woman; a harlot ...E17
• BUTTERED BUN(S) † a harlot, a mistress ...1679 sl.
• CANVASBACK a harlot; a sexually loose woman; a woman who spends considerable time with her back on a canvas-covered floor, presumably copulating ...20C sl.
• CRACKED PITCHER a harlot still faintly respectable ...M18 colloq.
• CROSHABELL † a courtesan, a harlot, a prostitute ...a1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CYPRIAN a licentious or profligate person; later, a lewd woman, a harlot, a prostitute, a courtesan ...1598
• DANT † a sexually loose woman; a profligate woman; a promiscuous woman; a harlot, a prostitute ...a1529
• DASHER a flashy prostitute; a showy harlot ...M18 sl.
• FANCY WOMAN a kept woman; a harlot; a prostitute ...1907 Amer. dial.
• FILTH a harlot ...L16 sl.
• FLESH-POT a harlot; a sexually loose woman ...sl.
• FLY-BY-NIGHT a harlot ...c1860
• FOOL-TRAP a harlot ...19C Brit. sl.
• FRICATRICE a lewd woman; a harlot ...1605
• HARLOTRY † a prostitute; a harlot; a term of opprobrium for a woman ...1584 now rare or obs.
• HOOK a harlot; a prostitute, a hooker ...1918 Amer. sl.
• IMPURE a harlot ...1811 sl.
• INCOGNITA † a high-class harlot ...Bk1896 sl.
• KATE a harlot; a prostitute; a nickname for a loose woman ...16C sl.
• LAND-FRIGATE † a harlot, a strumpet ...1611
• LIGHT HORSE a courtesan, a harlot ...c1620 sl.
• LIONESS a harlot; a prostitute ...L16 sl.
• LOOSE-BODIED GOWN a prostitute; a harlot ...E17 sl.
• LOTTIES AND TOTTIES harlots ...B1885, chiefly theatrical
• MAB † a harlot, a prostitute, a woman of loose character; a slattern ...1557-8 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MORSEL a prostitute; a sexually attractive woman; a harlot or a tart ...E16
• NEEDLE-WOMAN a harlot ...1849 sl.
• NIGHT-PIECE a harlot ...B1900 sl.
• ONE OF MY COUSINS a harlot ...L17 colloq.
• PAINTED-CAT a prostitute; a frontier harlot ...20C US colloq.
• PARNEL † a priest's concubine or mistress; a harlot; a wanton young woman; an immodest girl; an immoral woman; one lost to all sense of decency; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute ...1362 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PARTRIDGE a prostitute; a harlot or a tart ...L17 Brit. sl.
• PROSTIBULE †* a harlot, a prostitute ...1623
• PUG † a courtesan; a prostitute; a harlot; a mistress ...E17
• QUAEDAM †* in a disparaging sense: a woman, a female; a loose woman, a harlot ...a1670
• QUEAN a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade, a hussy; a harlot, a strumpet, esp. in 16th-17th centuries ...a1000
• RABBIT PIE a prostitute; a harlot ...19C sl.
• RAGS a cheap prostitute; a low-class harlot; any low and disreputable person ...1935 US sl.
• RAG-TIME GIRL a sweetheart; a girl with whom one has a joyous time; a harlot ...1908 sl.
• REP a woman of reputation; hence, a harlot; a woman of a certain reputation ...1721 sl.
• RIBALD a harlot ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIBAUD a harlot ...Bk1903 sl.
• ROAD a harlot ...Bk1903 sl.
• SCOLOPENDRA † a term of reproach to a woman; a nickname for a courtesan; a harlot ...1633
• SQUIRREL a harlot ...L18 sl.
• STRUM a strumpet; a prostitute; a harlot ...L17 sl.
• STRUMPET a harlot; a prostitute ...1602 sl.
• SUCCUBA a mistress; a harlot ...1610
• TWIGGER a vigorous, prolific breeder: originally said of a ewe; hence, an unchaste or lascivious person; a wanton person of either sex; a strumpet, a harlot, a fornicator, a wencher ...1594
• WAGTAIL † a term of contempt for a profligate or inconstant woman; hence, a wanton woman, a prostitute, a harlot, a courtesan ...1592
• WOMAN OF LOOSE MORALS a sexually loose woman; a harlot ...20C US sl.
HARLOT - nouns, person, other
• CUNT-PENSIONER a kept man; a pimp; a man living on a woman's harlotry or concubinage ...19C colloq.
• FAKER a harlot's fancy man ...1891 obs. sl.
• LOUIS a harlot's bully ...1935 sl., orig US
HARLOT - verbs
• FLUTTER A SKIRT to be a (street-walking) harlot ...M19 sl.
• FLY THE FLAG of harlots: to walk the streets ...c1840 sl.
• HARLOT to behave like a harlot; to prostitute oneself ...1641
• HARLOTIZE † to make a harlot of; to call harlot ...1589
• WHORE to utilize prostitutes; to consort with harlots
HARLOTRY - nouns
• BUTTOCK-BANQUETING harlotry ...L16 sl.
• SACKING LAW harlotry as practiced by the underworld with a view to further gain ...L16 cant
• SUBURB-TRADE harlotry ...Bk1904 sl.
HARM - nouns
• BALE evil, esp. considered in its active operation, as destroying, blasting, injuring, hurting, paining, tormenting; fatal, dire, or malign quality of influence; woe, mischief, harm, injury; in earlier use often: death, infliction of death ...a1000
• DANGER † mischief, harm, damage ...c1400
• DARE harm, pain ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DERE harm; injury; trouble ...arch.
• EVIL HEAL † disaster, harm ...c1175 obs.
• GRAME † grief, sorrow; harm ...c1000 obs. exc. arch.
• ILL evil, misfortune, injury; harm; misunderstanding ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LACK loss, harm, damage ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MARRING † injury, harm, impairment ...1357
• OFFENCE † hurt, harm, injury, damage ...c1374
• PAIRMENT † impairment, loss, harm, damage ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUED † evil, mischief, harm ...a1225
• QUEDE † evil, mischief, harm ...a1225
• SCADE hurt, damage, harm, mischief ...1899 Sc.
• SCATLOE † loss, harm, prejudice ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKADE hurt, damage, harm, mischief ...1899 Sc.
• SKATLOE † loss, harm, prejudice ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TARRIE † vexation, trouble, harm ...1826 Sc.
• TARY † vexation, trouble, harm ...1826 Sc.
• TINSEL † the losing of something, or the sustaining of harm, damage, or detriment; loss ...a1300
• TORFER† hardship, trouble, distress; harm, mischief, injury ...a1300
• VENTURE † danger, jeopardy, hazard, or peril; the chance or risk of incurring harm or loss ...1550
HARM - verbs
• DERE to injure or harm ...arch.
• DO ONE DIRT to deceive, to mistreat, to treat meanly, to harm one, to injure, esp. underhandedly or by secret means ...1897 Amer. dial.
• DO ONE DIRTY to deceive, to mistreat, to treat meanly, to harm one, to injure, esp. underhandedly or by secret means ...1906 Amer. dial.
• DO SOMEONE MISCHIEF to cause trouble or harm to ...c1385
• DROP SOMEONE IN IT to cause trouble or harm to ...1991 sl.
• FUCK ABOUT to cause trouble or harm to ...1960 sl.
• FUCK AROUND to cause trouble or harm to ...1960 sl.
• GIVE ONE THE WHOLE WORKS to harm, to beat up, to kill ...c1930 sl., orig. US
• GIVE ONE THE WORKS to harm, to beat up, to kill ...c1930 sl., orig. US
• GIVE SOMEONE A HURTING to cause deliberate harm to someone ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• GIVE THE RUN-AROUND to cause trouble or harm to ...1924 sl., orig. US
• GUN FOR to be on the lookout for with the intent of hurting or killing; to seek out or pursue with harmful intent; to aim to punish ...1878 US sl.
• HASSLE to cause trouble or harm to; to bother, to pester, to harass a person ...1959
• HAVE SOMEONE'S GUTS to inflict severe punishment or harm on someone; usually used as a threat ...colloq.
• HAVE SOMEONE'S GUTS FOR GARTERS to inflict severe punishment or harm on someone; usually used as a threat ...colloq.
• ICE to harm, to cause trouble for ...1970s sl.
• ILL to harm; to reproach; to rail at; to speak evil of ...1684 Eng. dial.
• IMPEACH † to hinder the action, progress, or well-being of; to affect detrimentally or prejudicially; to hurt, to harm, to injure, to endamage, to impair ...1563
• JEST WITH EDGE TOOLS to amuse oneself with something that may cause one serious harm; to sport with what is dangerous ...1579
• MALAPEN to hurt, to harm ...1861 Sc.
• MALEFICIATE † to bewitch; to affect with enchantments; to render impotent by spells; to do evil to; to hurt; to harm ...1621
• MAR to harm, to injure a person; later, to mangle, to disfigure ...c1205 arch.
• OFFEND † to strike so as to hurt; to wound, to hurt; to give physical pain to; to harm, to injure ...c1385
• OFFSET to deceive or harm someone; to betray ...1938 Amer. dial.
• PLAY HELL WITH to cause trouble or harm to ...1803 sl.
• PLAY MERRY HELL WITH to cause trouble or harm to ...1803 sl.
• PLAY WITH EDGED TOOLS to amuse oneself with something that may cause one serious harm; to sport with what is dangerous ...1767
• PLAY WITH EDGE-TOOLS to amuse oneself with something that may cause one serious harm; to sport with what is dangerous ...1594
• PUT A BEATING ON to cause deliberate harm to someone ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• PUT A HURTING ON to cause deliberate harm to someone ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• PUT A HURT ON to cause deliberate harm to someone ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• RACK UP to damage; to wreck; to harm ...1950s US sl.
• SCAM to injure, to crack; to spoil, to damage, to harm in some way, esp. of clothing ...1866 Sc.
• SHAFT to thrust (in one's imagination) a pole up someone's anus; essentially, to stop a person short; to punish or treat very badly, to harm ...1959 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SHOND †* to harm, to injure ...1338
• SPIKE to harm, to undermine ...L19 sl.
• VICE to do harm, to cheat, to steal, to cause physical pain ...1950s US Black sl.
HARMED - adjectives
• DEBOIST † damaged, harmed ...1641
HARMED - verbs
• HAVE BEEN IN THE WARS to have been harmed ...1850 sl.
HARMFUL, HARMING - adjectives
• DAMNABLE †* causing loss or harm; hurtful, pernicious ...c1420
• ENNOYOUS †* annoying, vexatious, troublesome; harmful ...c1420
• HARMLY hurtful, harmful; annoying ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ILLFUL †* full of evil; harmful; pernicious ...1615
• ILLING †* evil-doing, injuring, harming; speaking ill ...c1220
• MALEFICENT of things and spiritual agencies: working harm, hurtful, malefic ...1678
• MALEFICIAL † maleficent; harmful ...1601
• MALIFEROUS bringing or producing evil or harm; hurtful, unwholesome, unhealthy, insalubrious ...1727
• NOCIVE † harmful, hurtful, injurious ...1538
• NOCIVOUS †* hurtful, harmful, injurious, evil ...1616
• NOISANT †* harmful, troublesome, grievous ...a1440
• NOYOUS † causing annoyance; annoying, disagreeable, vexatious, troublesome, harmful, hurtful ...a1340
• NUISIBLE †* harmful, hurtful ...1490
• OFFENSIBLE † of the nature of an offence, fault, or crime; hurtful, harmful, injurious; offensive ...1574
• OFFENSIVE † hurtful, harmful, injurious ...a1548
• SAIR destructive, harmful, injurious ...1901 Sc.
• TOXIC of a situation: unhealthy, poisonous ...1998 UK sl.
HARMFUL, HARMFULNESS - nouns
• MALEFICENCE n. harmfulness ...1796
• NAIL IN ONE'S COFFIN anything seen as potentially harmful, however pleasurable in the short term ...M19 sl.
• OBNOXIETY * the state of being subject or open to anything harmful, or undesirable ...1656
HARMLESS - adjectives
• ADRIFT harmless ...17C sl.
• BALELESS † harmless, innocent ...a1000
• ILLAESIVE †* harmless ...1627-47
• ILL-LESS having no evil designs; harmless, innocent ...a1670 Sc.
• PARTICULAR quiet, harmless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SACKLESS simple, inoffensive, harmless; trembling; bashful ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAKELESS of persons, animals, or things: inoffensive, harmless, guileless ...1768 Sc.
• UNBALEFUL † harmless, gentle ...c1200
• UNSKATHEFUL † harmless ...c1200
HARMLESS - nouns, person
• CALF a fool, a simpleton; an awkward or silly boy or man; a meek, harmless person ...1553 sl.
• DORK a stupid or ridiculous person; a jerk, a nerd; a socially inept, unfashionable, harmless person ...1960 sl.
• GOODY an insipid, harmless person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GOODY-GOODY an insipid, harmless person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUSS a weak, harmless male; a timid person ...sl.
• PUSSY a weak, harmless male; a timid person ...sl.
• PUSSYCAT a weak, harmless male; a timid person ...sl.
HARMLESS - verb
• TAKE OUT to destroy, to eliminate, to render harmless ...Bk2002 Aust. sl.
HARMLESSNESS - nouns
• UNLOTHNESS † harmlessness, innocence ...a1225
HARMONIC - adjectives
• PANHARMONIC universally harmonic, harmonizing with all ...1886
HARMONICA - nouns
• BREATH HARP a harmonica ...1946 Amer. dial.
• CORN-ON-THE-COB a harmonica ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRENCH HARP a harmonica ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HARMONIA a harmonica ...1973 Amer. dial.
• HARMONIC a harmonica ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HARMONICUM a harmonica ...1916 Amer. dial.
• HARMONISTER a harmonica ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HARP a harmonica ...1887 Amer. dial.
• MOUTH-HARP a harmonica ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MOUTH STEINWAY a harmonica ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TEETH ORGAN a harmonica ...1966 Amer. dial.
HARMONIOUS - adjectives
• ACCORDABLE † agreeing, harmonious, accordant; suitable, agreeable ...c1374
• CONCORDIOUS †* harmonious ...a1670
• HARMONIACAL † full of harmony, harmonious ...1536
• HARMONIAL * pert. to harmony or agreement; harmonious ...1569
• HARMONICAL * marked by harmony or agreement; harmonious, concordant ...1531
• SUGARED † of sound, melody, harmony: melodious, harmonious ...c1430
HARMONIOUS - nouns
• RAPPROCHEMENT a coming or bringing together; an establishment of harmonious relations ...1809
HARMONIOUS - verbs
• HARMONATE to get along well with others; to be harmonious ...1968 Amer. dial.
• QUADER to agree, to be harmonious, to get along ...1847 Sc.
HARMONIOUSLY - adverbs
• HARMONICALLY † 1. with harmony or concord of sounds; concordantly, tunefully, harmoniously ...1589
† 2. in the way of harmony or agreement; agreeingly, harmoniously ...1604
HARMONIOUSNESS - nouns
• HARMONICALNESS † tunefulness, harmoniousness ...1691-8
HARMONIZE - verbs
• GET TOGETHER to put in order; to organize; to harmonize ...sl.
HARMONY - adjectives
• HARMONIAC † relating to harmony, or to the cultivation of music ...1771 nonce word
HARMONY - nouns
• HARMOGE † a harmony of colours or sounds ...1601
• PACKNESS friendship, harmony, familiarity, intimacy ...1825 Sc.
• PANHARMONY † universal or general harmony ...1651
HARMONY - nouns, person
• HARMONIAN †* one versed in harmony or music; a musician ...1603
• HARMONICIAN † one versed in harmony or musical theory ...1760
HARMONY - verbs
• GET ALONG LIKE A WAGON AND WHEELS to live in sympathy and harmony ...1899 Eng. dial.
HARNESS - nouns
• TACKLING † a horse's harness ...c1645
HARP - nouns
• HARPING-GLEE † harp music ...a1300
HARP - nouns, person
• HARPRESS * a female harp player ...1814
HARP - verbs
• THRUMBLE †* to play on a stringed instrument, as a guitar or harp, by plucking the strings; to strum ...1685
• TIRL † to pluck at; to pluck at the strings of a harp or the like so as to cause them to sound ...c1470
HARP ON - verbs
• DING to reiterate, to repeat, to importune; to harp on one subject ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAME to dwell on a subject persistently; to whine over a grievance; to harp on about one's troubles ...1875 Sc.
• YAAG to be importunate, to insist irritatingly with questions or requests, to nag or harp on ...1825 Sc.
• YABB to harp on a subject; to talk incessantly ...a1838 Sc.
• YAP to speak nagging or querulous way; to harp on; to complain ...1824 Sc.
• YARP † to grumble, to carp, to whine, to harp on something ...1827 Sc.
• YATTER to speak in a constant peevish, querulous manner; to nag, to chide, to carp, to scold, to fret, to grumble; to harp on about something ...1811 Sc.
• YAUP to speak in a chattering, nagging, or querulous way; to harp on ...1824 Sc.
• YAWP to speak in a chattering, nagging, or querulous way; to harp on ...1824 Sc.
HARPOON - nouns
• HARPING-IRON † a barbed spear or javelin used for spearing whales and large fish; a harpoon ...1596
• HARPING-SPEAR † a barbed spear or javelin used for spearing whales and large fish; a harpoon ...1657-83
HARPOON - nouns, person
• DARTER † a harpooner ...1724
HARPOON - verbs
• PITCHPOLE in whaling: to hurl a lance or harpoon in a high arc so that it descends nearly vertically ...1851 Amer. dial.
• HAZY-DAZY careless, haphazard ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• RAG-TIME haphazard; carelessly happy-go-lucky ...1910 colloq.
• TEMERARIOUS † acting or happening at random; fortuitous, casual, haphazard ...1660
• TUMULTUARIOUS * hurriedly done; irregular, disorderly, confused; haphazard, random ...1607
HAPHAZARD - adverbs
• HAP-LUCK haphazard, without premeditation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAPPY-BE-LUCKY † as luck will have it; haphazard ...1633
• HAPPY BY LUCKY at a chance, at all hazards, by chance ...1854 Eng. dial.
• HAPPY-GO-LUCKY as luck would have it; by chance; haphazard ...1672
• HAPSHER-HAPSHER haphazard, at random ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAPSHER-RAPSHA haphazard, at random ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HAPSHER-RAPSHER haphazard, at random ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HAPSHER-RAPSHY haphazard, at random ...1881 Eng. dial.
HAPHAZARD - verbs
• HALF-ASS to do something in a careless or haphazard fashion ...1968 Amer. dial.
HAPHAZARDLY - adverbs
• BY GOD AND BY GUESS haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY DAMNED haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GAR haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GOD haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1923 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GODFREY haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GOLLY haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GORRY haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GOSH haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GRACIOUS haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY GUY haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS AND BY JINGO haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BY GUESS OR BY GOD haphazardly, at random; without planning ahead; hit or miss ...1963 Amer. dial.
• CATCH AS CAN in a haphazard fashion ...1960 Amer. dial.
• HALF-ASSED carelessly, incompetently; haphazardly ...1920s sl., orig. US
• INGATE OR OUTGATE willy-nilly, by any means whatever ...1882 Eng. dial.
HAPPEN - adjectives
• OCCURRENT * that occurs or happens; occurring ...1535 now
• ON TOP about to happen ...1978 UK sl.
HAPPEN - nouns
• CASE † a thing that befalls or happens to anyone; an event, occurrence, hap, or chance ...a1225
HAPPEN - verbs
• ADVENTURE † to come by chance, to happen, to befall ...c1400
• BECHANCE to happen, to befall, to chance ...1527
• BECOME † to come about, to come to pass, to happen, to fall to one's lot, to befall ...c888
• BEFORTUNE * to befall, to happen, to chance ...1591
• BEGET to happen, to befall ...1882 Eng. dial.
• BEHAP † to befall, to happen ...c1450
• BEHAPPEN † to befall, to happen ...1515
• BELAMP † to happen, to occur, to befall ...a1000
• BELIMP † to happen, to occur, to befall ...a1000
• BE OFF to happen, esp. of a violent incident ...1960s sl.
• BETIDE to happen, to befall ...c1250
• BETIME † to betide, to happen, to befall ...a1225
• CLOCKWORK ALONG to go smoothly; 'to go like clockwork' ...1990s UK sl.
• COOK to occur, to happen, to take place ...1940s Amer. sl.
• FALL to befall, to betide; to happen, to occur ...1743 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FALL AT HAND † to be near at hand, to be going to happen ...1529
• FALL FORTH † to happen; to occur ...1604
• HAP to happen, to come to pass, to occur, to chance ...1340-70 arch.
• IMPEND to be about to happen; to be imminent or near at hand ...1674
• OBVENE †* to occur, to befall, to happen ...1654
• ON-BECOME † to befall, to happen ...c1305
• ON-BEFALL to befall, to happen to ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• POP OFF to happen; to start ...1990s sl.
• POP UP to create, to make happen, to cause ...1930s sl.
• SUCCEED † to happen, to come to pass, to take place ...1537
• SUCCESS †* to happen ...1567
• TIDE to happen, to befall ...a1131 arch.
• TIME † to befall, to happen ...c1205
• TO-COME † to happen, to befall ...c1200
• UNBETIDE †* to fail to happen ...c1374
• WAIT to befall, to happen ...1825 Sc.
HAPPEN - phrases
• BLOW HIGH, BLOW LOW whatever may happen ...1774
• IN THE OFFING in the projected future; likely to happen
• THAT'S THE WAY THE BALL BOUNCES that's the way things are and there's nothing one can do about it; that's the way things happen ...1952 US sl.
• THAT'S THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLES that's the way things are and nothing can be done to change it ...1956 Amer. sl.
• WHAT'S THE DANCE? what's going on? what's going to happen? ...2002 UK prison sl.
HAPPENING - adjectives
• HAPPENABLE †* capable of happening; that may possibly happen ...a1659
• ON planned; hence, in progress ...a1881 colloq.
HAPPENING - nouns
• ACTION what is going on or happening; thus a situation or state of affairs, anything exciting, current, interesting, depending on the context, e.g. the chance for sex, a musical performance, a night's gambling ...1920s sl., orig. US Black
• BEFALLING happening, occurrence, event ...c1374
• BEING † occurrence, happening ...1624
• BETIDING † happening, occurrence ...c1374
• DIGGINGS AND DOINGS proceedings, 'goings on', happenings ...1886 Eng. dial.
• INTROMISSIONS goings on with a person ...1899 Sc.
• SCENE 1. a situation; a happening ...1945 US sl.
2. the place where what's happening is happening ...1960s Amer. sl
• TIDING † something that happens; an event, incident, occurrence ...c1205 obs. or arch.
• TIMING † happening, occurrence; good or ill fortune; an event, an occurrence ...c1250
HAPPENING - phrases
• HOW THE WORLD WAGS how affairs are going ...1600
HAPPILY - adverbs
• BENEWRELY † happily ...1483
• BIENLY comfortably, easily, happily ...1788 Sc.
• CADGY happily, merrily, cheerfully ...1896 Sc.
• CAIGY happily, merrily, cheerfully ...1896 Sc.
• HAPPENLY † fortunately, happily ...c1375
• OMINOUSLY † with presage of good, happily ...1597
HAPPINESS - adjectives
• BEATIFIC making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness ...1649
• BEATIFICAL making blessed; imparting supreme happiness or blessedness ...1605
• EUDEMONIC conducive to happiness ...1865
• HAPPILESS * void of happiness ...1618
• PARADISAIC pert. to a place of supreme happiness; peacefully beautiful; Eden-like ...1754
• PARADISAICAL pert. to a place of supreme happiness; peacefully beautiful; Eden-like ...1623
HAPPINESS - nouns
• BEATITUDE supreme happiness or blessedness ...1491
• BENEURTE † happiness, blessedness ...1480
• EADINESS † happiness, prosperity ...c1200
• EADNESS † happiness, luxury ...a1000
• EDEN a delightful abode or resting-place, a paradise; a state of supreme happiness ...a1225
• FEEL-GOOD a feeling of happiness and well-being ...colloq., orig. US
• FAUSTITUDE † good luck, happiness ...1721
• FAUSTITY † good luck, happiness, good fortune ...1656
• JAM excellence; good luck; happiness ...1882 sl.
• JAMMY excellence; good luck; happiness ...Bk1896 sl.
• REAL JAM excellence; good luck; happiness ...1889 sl.
• SUNSHINE 1. a source of happiness or prosperity ...1595
2. happiness or cheerfulness of mind or heart; sunny disposition ...1742
HAPPINESS - verbs
• CALL THE QUEEN ONE'S AUNT to have the greatest happiness or distinction possible ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAVE THE QUEEN FOR ONE'S AUNT to have the greatest happiness or distinction possible ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HAPPY - adjectives
• ABOUT HALF feeling fine, relatively happy ...1969 sl.
• BEATIFIED made supremely happy or blessed ...1575
• BENEUROUS † happy, blessed ...1483
• BENEWRED † happy, blessed ...1483
• BUCKED happy, pleased, proud ...1907 sl.
• CHAFFEY boisterous, happy, jolly; bantering ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CHAFFY boisterous, happy, jolly; bantering ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CHUFFED pleased, happy; delighted; flattered; also, displeased, disgruntled ...1957 Brit. sl., orig, services' usage
• CRACKED UP delighted; happy ...1977 Amer. sl.
• DISNEYFIED sickeningly, sentimentally happy ...1970s US Black sl.
• EADI † happy, fortunate, well-omened ...c825
• FAIN glad, happy, well-pleased ...8-11C Beowulf now chiefly poetic or Eng. dial.
• FANE glad, happy, well-pleased ...1766 Eng. dial.
• FAUST * lucky, happy ...1692
• FEEL-GOOD causing a feeling of happiness and well-being ...colloq., orig. US
• FEIGN glad, happy, well-pleased ...1766 Eng. dial.
• FELICIOUS † happy, joyous ...c1485
• HANDSOME † of action, speech, etc.: appropriate, apt, dexterous, skilful, clever, happy ...1563-87
• HAPPEN † fortunate, happy, blessed ...a1300
• HAPPY AS LARRY, AS extremely happy ...1905 sl., orig. Aust.
• JACKED happy, satisfied, excited ...1980s US campus sl.
• JACKED UP excited, exhilarated, happy ...1930s US sl.
• JOLLY AS A SAND-BOY very happy, high-spirited ...1823
• KEDGY brisk, active, sprightly, lively; cheerful, happy ...1719 Eng. dial.
• LOOK AS SMILING AS A BASKET OF CHIPS showing great happiness ...1834 Amer. dial.
• NICE feeling well, happy, at one with the world, esp. as a result of taking drugs or drink ...1940s US Black sl.
• OFF happy, elated, enjoying the positive effects of drugs or drink ...1960s sl.
• ON CLOUD NINE extremely or completely happy ...1959 sl.
• ON CLOUD SEVEN extremely or completely happy ...1956 US sl.
• OVERHAPPIED overjoyed and happy ...1931 Amer. dial.
• OVER THE MOON happy, pleased ...1936 sl.
• PANICKY extremely elated; ecstatically happy; highly excited ...1940s US Black sl.
• SILVER prosperous, happy ...1659-60
• SUNSHINE cheerful, cheering; prosperous, happy, joyous ...1593
• TICKLED happy, pleased ...1907 sl.
• TICKLED PINK happy, pleased ...1907 sl.
• TICKLED TO DEATH happy, pleased ...1907 sl.
• UP mentally stimulated, excited, hopeful, happy, elated ...1942 sl., orig. US
• UP IN THE AIR happy, in a good mood ...20C sl.
• VOGGY merry, cheerful, delighted, gay, happy; elated, contented ...B1900 Sc.
• VOGIE merry, cheerful, delighted, gay, light-hearted, happy ...c1715 Sc.
• WEALSOME † happy, prosperous, fraught with happiness ...1382
HAPPY - nouns
• BEATIFICATION the act of rendering, or condition of being rendered, supreme happy or blessed ...1502
• PARTY FACE the appearance of being happy ...1960s Amer. sl.
• RED-LETTER DAY a happy day or lucky occasion ...Bk1903 sl.
• RISE ON THE RIGHT SIDE a happy augury ...1607 sl.
HAPPY - nouns, person
• RAY OF SUNSHINE a happy person; one whose happiness cheers others ...1915 sl.
HAPPY - verbs
• BEATIFICATE † to make supremely happy or blessed ...a1636
• BEATIFY to make supremely happy or blessed ...1535
• FART THROUGH SILK to live a life of luxury and ease; to live prosperously; to feel happy; to be important ...1927 US sl.
• FEEL LIKE GOING TO HEAVEN IN A STRING to feel blindly and confusedly happy ...Bk1904 sl.
• FELICIFY †* to make happy ...1683
• FORBLISS to make happy ...a1300
• HAPPIFY to make happy ...1612
• HAPPY † to render happy ...c1600
• HEAVEN to render supremely happy ...1627-47
• LUBE to keep happy, to entertain ...1930s sl.
• PLEASE UP to treat with special care; to make happy ...1884 Amer. dial.
• PUT FAT ON ONE'S RIBS to make happy ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• REJOY † to make joyful or happy; to cause to rejoice ...c1374
• SUMMER † to give a person a 'sunny' or happy time ...1622
HAPPY - phrases
• WHATEVER BAKES ONE'S BISCUIT whatever makes one happy or satisfied ...2000s US sl.
• WHATEVER BLOWS YOUR SKIRT UP a general phrase of acquiescence; whatever you like; whatever makes you happy ...1980s US sl.
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY - adjectives
• BORIS-NORIS careless, reckless, rash; happy-go-lucky; going on blindly without any thought of risk or decency ...1863 Eng. dial.
• EASY-GO-LUCKY easygoing, happy-go-lucky, not worrying ...1967 Amer. dial.
• GIDDY-GO-LUCKY foolishly happy-go-lucky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HALUM-SCALUM easygoing, happy-go-lucky ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAG-TIME haphazard; carelessly happy-go-lucky ...1910 colloq.
• SLAP-HAPPY-GO-LUCKY foolishly happy-go-lucky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY - nouns, person
• CANE NIGGER (?offensive) a happy-go-lucky fellow, one devoid of care and anxiety ...Bk1892 W. Indian sl.
HARANGUE - nouns
• EARWIGGING a private conversation; a rebuke in private; a scolding or harangue ...1842 colloq.
• JAWBATION a long and tedious harangue; a severe lecture or reprimand; a tedious rebuke or reproof; a scolding ...1840 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LAGAMACHIE a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• LAMGAMASHY a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• LAMGAMMERIE a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• LOGAMOCHY a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• SCREED a dissertation; a long harangue; a document, a letter; a poetical effusion; a long list or catalogue; a lie, a fabrication ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
HARANGUE - verbs
• TALK SOMEONE'S ARM OFF to talk incessantly at someone, to harangue ...M19 US sl.
HARASS - nouns
• GALL † a person or thing that harasses or distresses ...1537
HARASS - nouns, person
• BALLBREAKER a demanding, contentious, harassing, annoying, or otherwise vexatious person; a cruel taskmaster; a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman ...1942 US sl.
• BALLBUSTER a demanding, contentious, harassing, annoying, or otherwise vexatious person; a cruel taskmaster; a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman ...c1944 US sl.
• GALL † a person or thing that harasses or distresses ...1537
HARASS - verbs
• ASS-BITE to harass an employee or the like ...1976 Amer. sl.
• BEHOODLE to annoy, to harass, to bother ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BEPESTER to pester greatly, to plague, to vex, to harass ...1600
• BERAG to worry, to harass, to annoy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESTAND † to stand round in hostility; to beset, to press hard upon, to harass ...c1000
• BREAK ONE'S BALLS to provoke anger; hence, to make oneself a pest, as by complaining or scolding; to harass, to hector, to nag ...1955 US sl.
• BULLYRAG to harass someone
• BUST ONE'S ASS to harass; to annoy ...1965 Amer. sl.
• BUST ONE'S BALLS to provoke anger; hence, to make oneself a pest, as by complaining or scolding; to harass, to hector, to nag ...1967 US sl.
• CARK † to burden with care; to worry, to harass, to vex, to trouble ...a1300 obs. or arch.
• DANCE SOMEONE AROUND to harass; to pressurize someone ...1980s US sl.
• DEVIL to tease, to annoy, to bother, to harass ...1819 Amer. dial.
• FRAB to harass, worry, fret, fidget; to irritate, excite ...1848 Eng. dial.
• HAGGLE to tease, to worry, to harass; to over-work, to fatigue, to tire out ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• HAG-RIDE to harass, to torment, esp. during sleep; to cause nightmares or nightmare-like experiences ...1661 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• HAISTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person; to annoy ...1818 Sc.
• HARE † to harry; to worry; to harass; to tease ...1523
• HARRISH to harass, to worry, to torment, to trouble; to ravage ...1843 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• HARROW to harass, to distress, to fatigue greatly ...1881 Eng. dial.
• HARRY 1. to harass persons by hostile attacks, forced exactions, or rapacity; to oppress, to despoil ...a1300
2. to worry, to goad, to torment, to harass; to maltreat, to ill-use, to persecute; to worry mentally; to bother ...a1400-50
• HASSLE to cause trouble or harm to; to bother, to pester, to harass a person ...1959
• HATCHEL * to harass, to worry ...1833
• HATTER † to harass, to vex, to ill-treat; to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue or drudgery ...1687 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HERRY 1. to harass, to oppress, to despoil, to ruin; to drag or carry off ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. to harass, to tease, to worry, to bother; to overdo, to urge, to impel ...1860 Eng. dial.
• HESTER to perplex, to tease, to pester, to vex, to harass a person ...1818 Sc.
• JAY to harass, to pester someone until a desired result is obtained ...1927 Amer. dial.
• JERK SOMEONE'S CHAIN to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• JERK SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• MAUL to fatigue, to tire out; to harass, to vex ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESS WITH to harass, to annoy, to interfere with ...L19 sl.
• MOLESTATE † to harass, to trouble ...1543
• MOMMICK to harass, to browbeat ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MOMMOCK to harass, to tease, to annoy, to torment, to impose on ...1946 Amer. dial.
• MONSTER to harass, to threaten, to victimize someone ...1967 Aust. sl.
• MUMMICK to harass, to tease, to impose on, to annoy, to torment ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MUMMOCK to harass, to browbeat ...1950 Amer. dial.
• NIRK to irk, to annoy, to harass, to weary ...1861 Eng. dial.
• OPPRESS † of an enemy, external circumstances, etc.: to press or bear heavily on; to reduce to straits; to molest, to trouble, to harass, to distress ...1382
• PAIL to trouble; to harass, to weary ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PULL SOMEONE'S CHAIN to elicit someone's anger or annoyance, esp. deliberately; to nag; to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; ...1962 US sl.
• PULL SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• RAG to tease, to banter, to harass, to annoy; to engage in teasing ...1860. sl.
• RAG ON to tease, to banter, to harass, to annoy; to engage in teasing ...1900 Amer. sl.
• RAIZE to annoy or harass someone ...1991 US sl.
• RANK to kid or tease a person; to annoy, to harass; to ridicule ...1934 Amer. dial.
• RANK OUT to kid or tease a person; to harass, to insult ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RATTLE SOMEONE'S CHAIN to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• RATTLE SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• TAINGHLE to harass or weary with hard work; to struggle on, to toil laboriously ...1803 Sc.
• TARVEAL † to drive a person hard at work, to harass, to fatigue; to vex, to plague ...1768 Sc.
• TEASE to harass; to drive ...B1900 Sc.
• TERRIFY to irritate, to torment, to harass, to annoy, to tease ... 1839 Eng. & Amer, dial.
• TEW to exhaust; to fatigue; to tire; to trouble, to harass, to bother; to overcome ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRING † to press hard, use oppression; to oppress, to harass, to distress, to afflict ...c1175
• WAR † to harass, to persecute ...a1225
• WOOL to badger, to harass ...1864 Amer. sl.
• YANK to victimize, to harass or to dupe ...1900s US sl.
• YANK SOMEONE'S CHAIN to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone ...1980s Amer. sl.
• YANK SOMEONE'S STRING to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone...1980s Amer. sl.
HARASSED - adjectives
• HAG-RIDDEN oppressed in mind; harassed ...1702
• TAGGLIT harassed with anything, encumbered, drudged ...1808 Sc.
• TEWED harassed, bothered ...1892 Amer. dial.
HARASSING - adjectives
• HARRYING worrying, harassing, wearying ...1873 Eng. dial.
• HATTERING harassing, tiring ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ON SOMEONE'S ASS harassing, vexing, scolding, pursuing someone ...1948 Amer. sl.
HARASSING - phrases
• GET OFF A PERSON'S BACK to stop harassing or annoying him or her ...colloq.
HARASSMENT - nouns
• AGGRO any form of problems, difficulties, harassment ...1960s sl.
• AGRO any form of problems, difficulties, harassment ...1960s sl.
• BALL-BREAKING. harassment ...1948 US sl.
• BALL-BUSTING harassment ...1940s sl., orig. US
• MAUL a harassment, vexation; an infliction ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• STATIC harassment, trouble, complications ...1926 US sl.
HARBOUR - adjectives
• HARBOROUS † furnished with harbours or havens for ships ...1612
HARBOUR - nouns
• HARBERY shelter for ships, a harbour ...a1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HARBOURY shelter for ships, a harbour ...a1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HARBRY shelter for ships, a harbour ...a1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAUEN a harbour, a haven ...1854 Eng. dial.
• HAVEN a recess or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, affording good anchorage and a safe station for ships; a harbour, a port ...1031
• HAVENAGE harbour-dues ...1864
• HAVENET † a small haven or harbour ...1538
• HAVENLET † a small harbour or port ...1538
• HAWN a harbour, a haven ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TIDE the water in a dock or harbour; the seashore ...1867 Sc.
HARBOUR - nouns, person
• HAVENER a harbour-master ...1602
HARBOUR - verbs
• HARBRY to anchor a ship in a haven or harbour ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HERBERY to anchor a ship in a haven or harbour ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
HARD - adjectives
• AIRNY hard or strong as iron ...1791 Sc.
• BAD difficult, hard ...1882 Eng. dial.
• DEAR † hard, difficult ...a1225
• DERE † hard, difficult ...a1225
• DERF † 1. troublesome, hard, difficult ...a1225
2. of things: hard, rough ...1804 Sc.
• DERN hard, stern ...1887 Eng. dial.
• HARD AS A DOOR-NAIL, AS very hard ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• ILL hard, difficult ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LIKE NAILS comparing anything very hard ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• TIGHT difficult, hard ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TOR † difficult, hard, toilsome; irksome, tedious ...c1200
HARD - adverbs
• CRUEL severely; extremely hard ...1937 UK sl.
• CRUELLY severely; extremely hard ...1937 UK sl.
HARD - nouns
• ASS-KICK an exceedingly hard task ...1973 Amer. sl.
• BALL-BUSTER a notably hard course or examination ...1950s US college sl.
• BURLY a hard thing to accomplish ...20C teen & high school sl.
• WORKOUT a hard job; an exhausting effort ...20C Amer. sl.
HARD - nouns, person
• NUTCRUSHER a hard man or woman; a strict disciplinarian ...1999 Brit. sl.
HARD - verbs
• WARISH † to become hard or callous ...1570
HARDEN - verbs
• FASTEN † to make firm or solid; to strengthen, to harden ...c1400
• ROBORATE †* to make obdurate, to harden ...1652
HARDENED - adjectives
• OBSTINED †* made obstinate or persistent; hardened ...1606
HARDEST - adjectives
• RANSTIEST adj. hardest, most difficult ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HARD-HEARTED - adjectives
• CALLUSED hard-hearted, indifferent ...1887 Sc.
• DEDOLENT † that feels sorrow no more; feeling no compunction; insensible, callous, hard-hearted ...1633
• HARD-SHELL conservative, straitlaced; unyielding; hard-hearted ...1900 Amer. dial.
• HARD-SHELLED conservative, straitlaced; unyielding; hard-hearted ...1858 Amer. dial.
• HEART-BOUND † having the heart shut up or fast-closed to a person; pitiless, hard-hearted, mean, stingy ...1616
• OBDURATE hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1586
• OBDURATIOUS †* hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1672
• OBDURE † hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted ...1624
• PEBBLE-HEARTED hard-hearted; cruel; unfeeling ...1887
• POHAKU hard-hearted ...1938 Hawaii sl.
• STONY-HEARTED unfeeling; hard-hearted
HARD-HEARTED - nouns, person
• HARDSHELL a conservative or straitlaced person; one who is unyielding or hard-hearted ...1902 Amer. dial.
HARD-HEARTEDNESS - nouns
• DEDOLENCE † absence of grief or sorrow; insensibility, callousness, hard-heartedness ...1606
• DEDOLENCY † absence of grief or sorrow; insensibility, callousness, hard-heartedness ...a1617
HARDIHOOD - nouns
• HARDHEAD hardihood ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARDIESSE hardihood, boldness ...1340
• HARDIHEAD hardihood; boldness; audacity ...1579 arch.
• HARDIMENT boldness, courage, daring, hardihood ...c1374 arch.
HARDILY - adverbs
• HARDIFLY †* hardily ...c1500
• HARDLY † boldly, daringly, hardily ...a1225
HARDINESS - nouns
• HARDIHEAD boldness, hardiness; audacity ...1579 arch.
• HARDHEDE †* hardness ...c1440
HARDLY - adverbs
• FAINTLY † hardly, scarcely ...1529
• HARD AND SHARP scarcely, hardly, with difficulty, barely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARDLEYS hardly, scarcely ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARDLINGS hardly, scarcely ...1839 Eng. dial.
• SCANT scarcely, hardly, barely ...1877 Sc.
• SCANTLINS scarcely, hardly ...1772 Sc.
• SCRIMPITLY scarcely, hardly ...1838 Sc.
HARD-PRESSED - adjectives
• SHOVED hard-pressed by circumstances ...1859 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-PRESSED hard-pressed, closely pursued ...1911 Sc.
• THRUTCHED hard pressed with work, worry, etc.; distressed or troubled in mind ...1874 Eng. dial.
• WITH ONE'S BACK TO THE WALL hard-pressed, struggling against odds ...1819
HARD-PRESSED - verbs
• BE HARD BESTED to be hard put to it, to be hard pressed ...c1330
HARDSHIP - adjectives
• RAININ' characterized by hard times ...1960s Amer. sl.
HARDSHIP - nouns
• DUES the hardships which you must endure to obtain success ...1950s Amer. sl.
• GAFF severe treatment, criticism, punishment, or hardship ...L19 US sl.
• HARDLAIK † hardship, harshness, severity ...c1400
• HARDS hard times ...E19 sl.
• HARD SLEDDIN' poverty, hardship, misery ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SCUFFLE difficulty; great hardship ...1890s US Black sl.
• TOLERANCE † the act of enduring or sustaining pain or hardship; the power or capacity of enduring; endurance ...1412-20
• TORFER† hardship, trouble, distress; harm, mischief, injury ...a1300
• WANDRETH † misery, distress, hardship; adversity, poverty ...c1175
• WANTS † straits; circumstances or times of want, hardship, suffering, etc. ...1588
HARDSHIP - verbs
• TAKE IT ON THE CHIN to suffer hardship and adversity without complaint ...1920s, orig. US
• TOLERATE † to endure, to sustain pain or hardship ...1531
HARDSHIP - phrases
• MALE WRINGS, THE † something is wrong, there is a state of hardship ...c1430
• RAININ' ALL OVER characterized by harder times ...1960s Amer. sl.
HARDTACK - nouns
• ANGEL CAKE hardtack ...1963 Amer. military sl., now hist.
• ANGEL FOOD hardtack ...1899 US military, jocular
• ARMOR PLATE hardtack ...1916 US military sl.
HARD-UP - adjectives
• PUT TO ONE'S STUMPS poor, hard-up ...Bk1904 sl.
• TIGHT in financial difficulties, hard up; of money: scarce ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
HARD-WORKING - adjectives
• EIDENT diligent, industrious, busy, attentive to; hard-working ...1591 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ENDEAVOURING industrious, hard-working ...1868 Eng. dial.
• HARD-GRAFTING hard-working ...1972 Aust. sl.
• LABOURSOME † given to labour; hard-working ...1551
• NAGERING hard-working ...Bk1889 Eng. dial.
• PAINFUL painstaking, hardworking, active ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEWING hard-working, industrious, energetic ...1729 Eng. dial.
• TEWSOME hard-working, industrious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
HARD-WORKING - nouns, person
• CONCH a devotedly hard worker ...1960s US college & Aust. sl.
• CONCHIE. a devotedly hard worker ...1960s US college & Aust. sl.
• CONSHY a devotedly hard worker ...1960s US college & Aust. sl.
• DIGGER a diligent or hard-working person; a serious student ...1901 Amer. dial.
• EAGER BEAVER an annoyingly diligent and hard-working person ...1943 US sl.
• FAG a hard worker ...M19 sl.
• FAGGER one who works hard ...1885
• GRAFTER a hard worker ...1900 sl.
• MISS GRIND a very hard worker ...17C
• OIL-BURNER an exceptionally able or hard-working person ...1960s US sl.
• PEALER something remarkable of its kind; a hard-working, energetic person ...1823 Amer. dial.
• PEELER a ranch hand or cowboy; one who tames wild horses; a bronco-buster ...1894 Amer. dial.
• PEYL-AWAY an energetic person; a hard worker ...1896 Eng. dial.
• QUEER one who works hard ...1960s US college sl.
• RAKER a hard worker ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEWER a hard worker; an industrious, energetic person ...1878 Eng. dial.
• TOILER a hard-working person ...1549
• WHEELHORSE one who does the hard work in some enterprise or cause; a trusted assistant; a hard-working or powerful person ...1845 Amer. dial.
HARDY - adjectives
• DEAR † brave, bold, strenuous, hardy ...a1000
• DERE † brave, bold, strenuous, hardy ...a1000
• DERF † 1. bold, daring, courageous, brave, hardy ...c1200
• GALLIARD valiant, hardy, stout, sturdy ...a1400 arch.
• HARD AND HEATHER BRED hardy; possessed of great vigour and activity ...1899 Eng. dial.
• HARDLY hardy, robust, strong ...1845 Eng. dial.
• IRON-SIDED hardy, rough, unmanageable; impudent, defiant ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• THRUNTY healthy, hardy; sturdy, robust, strong ...1790 Eng. dial.
• UMBERSORROW † hardy; resisting disease or the effects of severe weather ...1808 Sc.
HARDY - nouns
• HARDISHIP †* hardy behaviour, courage ...a1240
HARDY - verbs
• HARDISS †* to make hardy, to embolden ...1297
• HARDY † to make hardy or bold; to encourage ...a1225
• HARDYSSE †* to make hardy, to embolden ...1297
HARE - see RABBIT
HAREBRAINED - adjectives
• BEE-HEADED harebrained, flighty, excitable; light-headed, unsettled ...1879
• BEE-HEADIT harebrained; flighty; eccentric; excitable ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAT-WITTED small-minded, obstinate, and spiteful; silly and conceited; harebrained, whimsical ...1673
• COCK-BRAINED having little judgement; foolish and light-headed; silly, giddy, rash, harebrained, thoughtless, flighty ...1530
• FEATHER-HEADED empty-headed, harebrained, silly, brainless ...1647
• GARE-BRAINED † crazy, harebrained ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALLIRACKIT giddy, hare-brained ...Bk1905 Sc.
• KAE-WITTED harebrained, half-witted ...1793 Sc.
• KAY-WITTED half-witted, harebrained, scatterbrained ...1853 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGAR irresponsible, harebrained, heedless ...1825 Sc.
• RAMSTOUGEROUS † heedless, harebrained ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMSTUGIOUS † heedless, harebrained ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RASE-BRAINED impetuous, harebrained, wild, violent ...1887 Eng, dial.
• RATTLE-BRAINED talkative; flighty; harebrained; silly; stupid; prone to confusion; foolish; unable to concentrate ...1868 Sc.
• RATTLE-HEADED talkative, flighty, harebrained ...1790 Sc.
• RATTLE-NODDLED † characterized by foolish noisy levity of character or conduct; giddy, harebrained, flighty, noisy, wild; rattle-headed ...1661
• RATTLE-SCULLED talkative, flighty, harebrained ...1883 Sc.
• SCATTER-WITTED senseless, harebrained ...1867 Sc.
• SKIP-BRAIN flighty, harebrained ...1603
• SKIVIE harebrained; mentally deranged ...1808 Sc.
• WHIZZLE-BRAINED giddy, thoughtless, harebrained ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WIZZLE-PATED giddy, harebrained, thoughtless ...B1900 Eng. dial.
HAREBRAINED - nouns, person
• HALLIRAKUS a giddy, hare-brained person ...1803 Sc.
• RATTLE a giddy, harebrained person; one who talks volubly; a chatterer; a stupid fellow ...B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAPEGRACE a man or boy of reckless and disorderly habits; a careless, idle, harebrained fellow; a graceless, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne'er-do-well; a complete rogue or rascal (rarely applied to a female) ...1809
• SKITTER-WIT a flighty person; a foolish, harebrained fellow; a scatterbrain ...1886 Eng. dial.
HARELIP - adjectives
• HARE-SCALED having a cleft or hare-lip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARE-SHAWN having a cleft or hare-lip ...1886 Eng. dial.
• HARE-SHORN having a cleft or hare-lip ...1886 Eng. dial.
• HARE-SHOTTEN having a cleft or hare-lip ...1883 Eng. dial.
• HAY-SCALED hare-lipped ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KIDNEY-LIPPED † hare-lipped ...1648
HARELIP - nouns
• HAIR-SHARD a cleft lip; a harelip ...1846 Sc. dial.
• HAIR-SHAW a cleft lip; a harelip ...1846 Sc. dial.
• HAIR-SHORN-LIP a cleft lip; a harelip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARE-SCART a hare-lip ...1892 N. Ireland
• HARE-SHA a hare-lip ...1896 Eng. dial.
• HARE-SHARD a hare-lip ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HARE-SHAW † a harelip ...1597 obs. exc. Sc.
• HARE-SHED a hare-lip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARE-SHIE a hare-lip ...1876 Sc.
• HARE-SHORE a hare-lip ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARE-SKART a hare-lip ...Bk1905 Sc.
HARLOT - adjectives
• MERETRICIAL † befitting a harlot; having the character of a harlot ...1751
• QUEANISH † of the nature of a harlot or strumpet ...1596
HARLOT - nouns
• NUGGING-DRESS an odd or exotic dress, esp. a loose dress affected by, and characteristic of, harlots ...L17 cant
HARLOT - nouns, person
• ACADEMICIAN a harlot ...Bk1921 sl.
• AMOROSA a wanton woman; a harlot ...E17
• BUTTERED BUN(S) † a harlot, a mistress ...1679 sl.
• CANVASBACK a harlot; a sexually loose woman; a woman who spends considerable time with her back on a canvas-covered floor, presumably copulating ...20C sl.
• CRACKED PITCHER a harlot still faintly respectable ...M18 colloq.
• CROSHABELL † a courtesan, a harlot, a prostitute ...a1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CYPRIAN a licentious or profligate person; later, a lewd woman, a harlot, a prostitute, a courtesan ...1598
• DANT † a sexually loose woman; a profligate woman; a promiscuous woman; a harlot, a prostitute ...a1529
• DASHER a flashy prostitute; a showy harlot ...M18 sl.
• FANCY WOMAN a kept woman; a harlot; a prostitute ...1907 Amer. dial.
• FILTH a harlot ...L16 sl.
• FLESH-POT a harlot; a sexually loose woman ...sl.
• FLY-BY-NIGHT a harlot ...c1860
• FOOL-TRAP a harlot ...19C Brit. sl.
• FRICATRICE a lewd woman; a harlot ...1605
• HARLOTRY † a prostitute; a harlot; a term of opprobrium for a woman ...1584 now rare or obs.
• HOOK a harlot; a prostitute, a hooker ...1918 Amer. sl.
• IMPURE a harlot ...1811 sl.
• INCOGNITA † a high-class harlot ...Bk1896 sl.
• KATE a harlot; a prostitute; a nickname for a loose woman ...16C sl.
• LAND-FRIGATE † a harlot, a strumpet ...1611
• LIGHT HORSE a courtesan, a harlot ...c1620 sl.
• LIONESS a harlot; a prostitute ...L16 sl.
• LOOSE-BODIED GOWN a prostitute; a harlot ...E17 sl.
• LOTTIES AND TOTTIES harlots ...B1885, chiefly theatrical
• MAB † a harlot, a prostitute, a woman of loose character; a slattern ...1557-8 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MORSEL a prostitute; a sexually attractive woman; a harlot or a tart ...E16
• NEEDLE-WOMAN a harlot ...1849 sl.
• NIGHT-PIECE a harlot ...B1900 sl.
• ONE OF MY COUSINS a harlot ...L17 colloq.
• PAINTED-CAT a prostitute; a frontier harlot ...20C US colloq.
• PARNEL † a priest's concubine or mistress; a harlot; a wanton young woman; an immodest girl; an immoral woman; one lost to all sense of decency; a sexually loose woman; a prostitute ...1362 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PARTRIDGE a prostitute; a harlot or a tart ...L17 Brit. sl.
• PROSTIBULE †* a harlot, a prostitute ...1623
• PUG † a courtesan; a prostitute; a harlot; a mistress ...E17
• QUAEDAM †* in a disparaging sense: a woman, a female; a loose woman, a harlot ...a1670
• QUEAN a woman; a female; from early Middle English a term of disparagement or abuse; hence, a bold, impudent, or ill-behaved woman; a jade, a hussy; a harlot, a strumpet, esp. in 16th-17th centuries ...a1000
• RABBIT PIE a prostitute; a harlot ...19C sl.
• RAGS a cheap prostitute; a low-class harlot; any low and disreputable person ...1935 US sl.
• RAG-TIME GIRL a sweetheart; a girl with whom one has a joyous time; a harlot ...1908 sl.
• REP a woman of reputation; hence, a harlot; a woman of a certain reputation ...1721 sl.
• RIBALD a harlot ...Bk1903 sl.
• RIBAUD a harlot ...Bk1903 sl.
• ROAD a harlot ...Bk1903 sl.
• SCOLOPENDRA † a term of reproach to a woman; a nickname for a courtesan; a harlot ...1633
• SQUIRREL a harlot ...L18 sl.
• STRUM a strumpet; a prostitute; a harlot ...L17 sl.
• STRUMPET a harlot; a prostitute ...1602 sl.
• SUCCUBA a mistress; a harlot ...1610
• TWIGGER a vigorous, prolific breeder: originally said of a ewe; hence, an unchaste or lascivious person; a wanton person of either sex; a strumpet, a harlot, a fornicator, a wencher ...1594
• WAGTAIL † a term of contempt for a profligate or inconstant woman; hence, a wanton woman, a prostitute, a harlot, a courtesan ...1592
• WOMAN OF LOOSE MORALS a sexually loose woman; a harlot ...20C US sl.
HARLOT - nouns, person, other
• CUNT-PENSIONER a kept man; a pimp; a man living on a woman's harlotry or concubinage ...19C colloq.
• FAKER a harlot's fancy man ...1891 obs. sl.
• LOUIS a harlot's bully ...1935 sl., orig US
HARLOT - verbs
• FLUTTER A SKIRT to be a (street-walking) harlot ...M19 sl.
• FLY THE FLAG of harlots: to walk the streets ...c1840 sl.
• HARLOT to behave like a harlot; to prostitute oneself ...1641
• HARLOTIZE † to make a harlot of; to call harlot ...1589
• WHORE to utilize prostitutes; to consort with harlots
HARLOTRY - nouns
• BUTTOCK-BANQUETING harlotry ...L16 sl.
• SACKING LAW harlotry as practiced by the underworld with a view to further gain ...L16 cant
• SUBURB-TRADE harlotry ...Bk1904 sl.
HARM - nouns
• BALE evil, esp. considered in its active operation, as destroying, blasting, injuring, hurting, paining, tormenting; fatal, dire, or malign quality of influence; woe, mischief, harm, injury; in earlier use often: death, infliction of death ...a1000
• DANGER † mischief, harm, damage ...c1400
• DARE harm, pain ...1691 Eng. dial.
• DERE harm; injury; trouble ...arch.
• EVIL HEAL † disaster, harm ...c1175 obs.
• GRAME † grief, sorrow; harm ...c1000 obs. exc. arch.
• ILL evil, misfortune, injury; harm; misunderstanding ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LACK loss, harm, damage ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MARRING † injury, harm, impairment ...1357
• OFFENCE † hurt, harm, injury, damage ...c1374
• PAIRMENT † impairment, loss, harm, damage ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUED † evil, mischief, harm ...a1225
• QUEDE † evil, mischief, harm ...a1225
• SCADE hurt, damage, harm, mischief ...1899 Sc.
• SCATLOE † loss, harm, prejudice ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKADE hurt, damage, harm, mischief ...1899 Sc.
• SKATLOE † loss, harm, prejudice ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TARRIE † vexation, trouble, harm ...1826 Sc.
• TARY † vexation, trouble, harm ...1826 Sc.
• TINSEL † the losing of something, or the sustaining of harm, damage, or detriment; loss ...a1300
• TORFER† hardship, trouble, distress; harm, mischief, injury ...a1300
• VENTURE † danger, jeopardy, hazard, or peril; the chance or risk of incurring harm or loss ...1550
HARM - verbs
• DERE to injure or harm ...arch.
• DO ONE DIRT to deceive, to mistreat, to treat meanly, to harm one, to injure, esp. underhandedly or by secret means ...1897 Amer. dial.
• DO ONE DIRTY to deceive, to mistreat, to treat meanly, to harm one, to injure, esp. underhandedly or by secret means ...1906 Amer. dial.
• DO SOMEONE MISCHIEF to cause trouble or harm to ...c1385
• DROP SOMEONE IN IT to cause trouble or harm to ...1991 sl.
• FUCK ABOUT to cause trouble or harm to ...1960 sl.
• FUCK AROUND to cause trouble or harm to ...1960 sl.
• GIVE ONE THE WHOLE WORKS to harm, to beat up, to kill ...c1930 sl., orig. US
• GIVE ONE THE WORKS to harm, to beat up, to kill ...c1930 sl., orig. US
• GIVE SOMEONE A HURTING to cause deliberate harm to someone ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• GIVE THE RUN-AROUND to cause trouble or harm to ...1924 sl., orig. US
• GUN FOR to be on the lookout for with the intent of hurting or killing; to seek out or pursue with harmful intent; to aim to punish ...1878 US sl.
• HASSLE to cause trouble or harm to; to bother, to pester, to harass a person ...1959
• HAVE SOMEONE'S GUTS to inflict severe punishment or harm on someone; usually used as a threat ...colloq.
• HAVE SOMEONE'S GUTS FOR GARTERS to inflict severe punishment or harm on someone; usually used as a threat ...colloq.
• ICE to harm, to cause trouble for ...1970s sl.
• ILL to harm; to reproach; to rail at; to speak evil of ...1684 Eng. dial.
• IMPEACH † to hinder the action, progress, or well-being of; to affect detrimentally or prejudicially; to hurt, to harm, to injure, to endamage, to impair ...1563
• JEST WITH EDGE TOOLS to amuse oneself with something that may cause one serious harm; to sport with what is dangerous ...1579
• MALAPEN to hurt, to harm ...1861 Sc.
• MALEFICIATE † to bewitch; to affect with enchantments; to render impotent by spells; to do evil to; to hurt; to harm ...1621
• MAR to harm, to injure a person; later, to mangle, to disfigure ...c1205 arch.
• OFFEND † to strike so as to hurt; to wound, to hurt; to give physical pain to; to harm, to injure ...c1385
• OFFSET to deceive or harm someone; to betray ...1938 Amer. dial.
• PLAY HELL WITH to cause trouble or harm to ...1803 sl.
• PLAY MERRY HELL WITH to cause trouble or harm to ...1803 sl.
• PLAY WITH EDGED TOOLS to amuse oneself with something that may cause one serious harm; to sport with what is dangerous ...1767
• PLAY WITH EDGE-TOOLS to amuse oneself with something that may cause one serious harm; to sport with what is dangerous ...1594
• PUT A BEATING ON to cause deliberate harm to someone ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• PUT A HURTING ON to cause deliberate harm to someone ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• PUT A HURT ON to cause deliberate harm to someone ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• RACK UP to damage; to wreck; to harm ...1950s US sl.
• SCAM to injure, to crack; to spoil, to damage, to harm in some way, esp. of clothing ...1866 Sc.
• SHAFT to thrust (in one's imagination) a pole up someone's anus; essentially, to stop a person short; to punish or treat very badly, to harm ...1959 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
• SHOND †* to harm, to injure ...1338
• SPIKE to harm, to undermine ...L19 sl.
• VICE to do harm, to cheat, to steal, to cause physical pain ...1950s US Black sl.
HARMED - adjectives
• DEBOIST † damaged, harmed ...1641
HARMED - verbs
• HAVE BEEN IN THE WARS to have been harmed ...1850 sl.
HARMFUL, HARMING - adjectives
• DAMNABLE †* causing loss or harm; hurtful, pernicious ...c1420
• ENNOYOUS †* annoying, vexatious, troublesome; harmful ...c1420
• HARMLY hurtful, harmful; annoying ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ILLFUL †* full of evil; harmful; pernicious ...1615
• ILLING †* evil-doing, injuring, harming; speaking ill ...c1220
• MALEFICENT of things and spiritual agencies: working harm, hurtful, malefic ...1678
• MALEFICIAL † maleficent; harmful ...1601
• MALIFEROUS bringing or producing evil or harm; hurtful, unwholesome, unhealthy, insalubrious ...1727
• NOCIVE † harmful, hurtful, injurious ...1538
• NOCIVOUS †* hurtful, harmful, injurious, evil ...1616
• NOISANT †* harmful, troublesome, grievous ...a1440
• NOYOUS † causing annoyance; annoying, disagreeable, vexatious, troublesome, harmful, hurtful ...a1340
• NUISIBLE †* harmful, hurtful ...1490
• OFFENSIBLE † of the nature of an offence, fault, or crime; hurtful, harmful, injurious; offensive ...1574
• OFFENSIVE † hurtful, harmful, injurious ...a1548
• SAIR destructive, harmful, injurious ...1901 Sc.
• TOXIC of a situation: unhealthy, poisonous ...1998 UK sl.
HARMFUL, HARMFULNESS - nouns
• MALEFICENCE n. harmfulness ...1796
• NAIL IN ONE'S COFFIN anything seen as potentially harmful, however pleasurable in the short term ...M19 sl.
• OBNOXIETY * the state of being subject or open to anything harmful, or undesirable ...1656
HARMLESS - adjectives
• ADRIFT harmless ...17C sl.
• BALELESS † harmless, innocent ...a1000
• ILLAESIVE †* harmless ...1627-47
• ILL-LESS having no evil designs; harmless, innocent ...a1670 Sc.
• PARTICULAR quiet, harmless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SACKLESS simple, inoffensive, harmless; trembling; bashful ...1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAKELESS of persons, animals, or things: inoffensive, harmless, guileless ...1768 Sc.
• UNBALEFUL † harmless, gentle ...c1200
• UNSKATHEFUL † harmless ...c1200
HARMLESS - nouns, person
• CALF a fool, a simpleton; an awkward or silly boy or man; a meek, harmless person ...1553 sl.
• DORK a stupid or ridiculous person; a jerk, a nerd; a socially inept, unfashionable, harmless person ...1960 sl.
• GOODY an insipid, harmless person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GOODY-GOODY an insipid, harmless person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PUSS a weak, harmless male; a timid person ...sl.
• PUSSY a weak, harmless male; a timid person ...sl.
• PUSSYCAT a weak, harmless male; a timid person ...sl.
HARMLESS - verb
• TAKE OUT to destroy, to eliminate, to render harmless ...Bk2002 Aust. sl.
HARMLESSNESS - nouns
• UNLOTHNESS † harmlessness, innocence ...a1225
HARMONIC - adjectives
• PANHARMONIC universally harmonic, harmonizing with all ...1886
HARMONICA - nouns
• BREATH HARP a harmonica ...1946 Amer. dial.
• CORN-ON-THE-COB a harmonica ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FRENCH HARP a harmonica ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• HARMONIA a harmonica ...1973 Amer. dial.
• HARMONIC a harmonica ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HARMONICUM a harmonica ...1916 Amer. dial.
• HARMONISTER a harmonica ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HARP a harmonica ...1887 Amer. dial.
• MOUTH-HARP a harmonica ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MOUTH STEINWAY a harmonica ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TEETH ORGAN a harmonica ...1966 Amer. dial.
HARMONIOUS - adjectives
• ACCORDABLE † agreeing, harmonious, accordant; suitable, agreeable ...c1374
• CONCORDIOUS †* harmonious ...a1670
• HARMONIACAL † full of harmony, harmonious ...1536
• HARMONIAL * pert. to harmony or agreement; harmonious ...1569
• HARMONICAL * marked by harmony or agreement; harmonious, concordant ...1531
• SUGARED † of sound, melody, harmony: melodious, harmonious ...c1430
HARMONIOUS - nouns
• RAPPROCHEMENT a coming or bringing together; an establishment of harmonious relations ...1809
HARMONIOUS - verbs
• HARMONATE to get along well with others; to be harmonious ...1968 Amer. dial.
• QUADER to agree, to be harmonious, to get along ...1847 Sc.
HARMONIOUSLY - adverbs
• HARMONICALLY † 1. with harmony or concord of sounds; concordantly, tunefully, harmoniously ...1589
† 2. in the way of harmony or agreement; agreeingly, harmoniously ...1604
HARMONIOUSNESS - nouns
• HARMONICALNESS † tunefulness, harmoniousness ...1691-8
HARMONIZE - verbs
• GET TOGETHER to put in order; to organize; to harmonize ...sl.
HARMONY - adjectives
• HARMONIAC † relating to harmony, or to the cultivation of music ...1771 nonce word
HARMONY - nouns
• HARMOGE † a harmony of colours or sounds ...1601
• PACKNESS friendship, harmony, familiarity, intimacy ...1825 Sc.
• PANHARMONY † universal or general harmony ...1651
HARMONY - nouns, person
• HARMONIAN †* one versed in harmony or music; a musician ...1603
• HARMONICIAN † one versed in harmony or musical theory ...1760
HARMONY - verbs
• GET ALONG LIKE A WAGON AND WHEELS to live in sympathy and harmony ...1899 Eng. dial.
HARNESS - nouns
• TACKLING † a horse's harness ...c1645
HARP - nouns
• HARPING-GLEE † harp music ...a1300
HARP - nouns, person
• HARPRESS * a female harp player ...1814
HARP - verbs
• THRUMBLE †* to play on a stringed instrument, as a guitar or harp, by plucking the strings; to strum ...1685
• TIRL † to pluck at; to pluck at the strings of a harp or the like so as to cause them to sound ...c1470
HARP ON - verbs
• DING to reiterate, to repeat, to importune; to harp on one subject ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAME to dwell on a subject persistently; to whine over a grievance; to harp on about one's troubles ...1875 Sc.
• YAAG to be importunate, to insist irritatingly with questions or requests, to nag or harp on ...1825 Sc.
• YABB to harp on a subject; to talk incessantly ...a1838 Sc.
• YAP to speak nagging or querulous way; to harp on; to complain ...1824 Sc.
• YARP † to grumble, to carp, to whine, to harp on something ...1827 Sc.
• YATTER to speak in a constant peevish, querulous manner; to nag, to chide, to carp, to scold, to fret, to grumble; to harp on about something ...1811 Sc.
• YAUP to speak in a chattering, nagging, or querulous way; to harp on ...1824 Sc.
• YAWP to speak in a chattering, nagging, or querulous way; to harp on ...1824 Sc.
HARPOON - nouns
• HARPING-IRON † a barbed spear or javelin used for spearing whales and large fish; a harpoon ...1596
• HARPING-SPEAR † a barbed spear or javelin used for spearing whales and large fish; a harpoon ...1657-83
HARPOON - nouns, person
• DARTER † a harpooner ...1724
HARPOON - verbs
• PITCHPOLE in whaling: to hurl a lance or harpoon in a high arc so that it descends nearly vertically ...1851 Amer. dial.