har·ried /ˈhærid/



 Har·ry v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harried p. pr. & vb. n. Harrying.]
 1. To strip; to pillage; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land.
    To harry this beautiful region.   --W. Irving.
    A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.   --J. Burroughs.
 2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass.
 Syn: -- To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease; worry; annoy; harass.


 harried
      See harry


 harried
      adj : troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances;
            "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression";
            "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant
            interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly
            teenager" [syn: annoyed, harassed, pestered, vexed]


 harry
      v 1: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
           staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his
           female co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, chivy, chivvy,
            chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke]
      2: make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in
         wartimes [syn: ravage]
      [also: harried]