Harassment

A course of conduct that a person knows will cause distress, intimidation or humiliation to another person, or violates another’s dignity or which is likely to do so.

Explanation attempts (103)

28 Oct 2012 17:01

Harassment applies to behaviour which encroaches on anothers rights. By making someone else uncomfortable either sexually, physically etc.

29 Oct 2012 14:28

Harassment means to continually abuse someone either physically or verbally.

29 Oct 2012 15:20

To be bothered by a person/people over a period of time about a certain aspect of your persona.

30 Oct 2012 11:06

A person might suffer harassment if their life was being deliberately made difficult by some action of some other party - e.g. stalking, phone calls, trespassing etc. It would usually be repeated behaviour.

30 Oct 2012 16:14

Being troubled physically or verbally

30 Oct 2012 18:01

To harass someone is like bothering them but stronger and more agressive than bothering, it could be verbal or physical.

30 Oct 2012 18:24

abusing and breaching someone's privacy without consent

30 Oct 2012 20:33

A person is being unreasonably and regularly bothered by someone else.

30 Oct 2012 21:04

It means that a person is tormenting another person unjustly.

30 Oct 2012 21:57

Someone repeatedly trying to force you to do something after you've clearly stated no.

30 Oct 2012 22:13

continually annoying, provoking or insulting someone intentionally or unintentionally

31 Oct 2012 10:04

To pursue someone against their wishes

31 Oct 2012 14:10

Continuing to communicate with someone against their wishes.

31 Oct 2012 14:16

When one person won't leave another person alone, when they are persistent in following them and communicating with them despite the communication being unwanted.

31 Oct 2012 14:41

When someone tries to impose themselves on another in a way in which the other is made to feel uncomfortable or threatened.

31 Oct 2012 14:55

Someone has been bothered to the extent they are now upset. They may have been made to feel uncomfortable, frightened or annoyed.

31 Oct 2012 17:51

It is when you are harrassed byy someone. They won't leave you alone and are annoying.

31 Oct 2012 20:43

Harassment can be verbal or pyhsical Constantly following around, or verbal contact, on a person that does not want your communcation. The person tells you not to contact them, but you contiune to do so in a menacing way.

1 Nov 2012 17:33

When someone affects another person by constantly bugging them, e.g. by following them around or if sexual, when touching someone constantly.

20 Nov 2012 23:17

Continually unwanted and unwarranted contact with a person which makes them feel uncomfortable, threatened or unsafe.

20 Nov 2012 23:58

An act against another person designed to humiliate, undermine or negatively impact an individual to such an extent that the behaviour becomes unacceptable in law.

21 Nov 2012 06:56

The persuit of upsetting another by your own actions, making them feel uncomfortable. This can be verbal, written, or expressed. This can be as little as two occasions.

21 Nov 2012 10:08

When one or more people contact someone with the intention of intimidating or scaring them, either online or in person.

21 Nov 2012 19:07

intrusive or intimidating behaviour.

21 Nov 2012 21:33

Causing distress by carrying out actions towards someone, trying to interact with them or get them to respond in some way, pestering them, harming their property or invading their privacy. Making someone fear for their personal safety.

23 Nov 2012 13:31

being approached by another person more than once without my consent

14 Nov 2013 21:36

sustained form of contact with a person or company who does not wish to be contacted

14 Nov 2013 21:38

Persistent un-looked for behaviour.

14 Nov 2013 21:39

When someone excessively follows/stalks another person to the point where said person feels intimidated. This can either be once or infinite amount of times

14 Nov 2013 21:55

Persistent and consistent bullying/targeting/attacking of another person.

14 Nov 2013 22:49

Intimidating someone and making then uncomfortable

14 Nov 2013 23:01

Causing someone emotional distress, bothering them

14 Nov 2013 23:16

this means being subject to forward behavior which you have not consented to...

15 Nov 2013 11:37

When a person pesters another in a way which is not warranted or required by the second person. Can be seen as menacing by someone on the receiving end of the attention.

15 Nov 2013 16:00

When somebody has caused unwanted attention or persistent annoyance to somebody else, whether it's emotional or physical.

15 Nov 2013 18:17

Bullying or other unwanted interactions, term normally associated with the workplace but applies to general life. There are many types of harassment, from pestering someone and making them uncomfortable, sexually harassing/making lewd comments/inappropriate jokes/unwanted touching and sexual attention, bullying, etc.

15 Nov 2013 19:25

Persistant Physical, Sexual or Verbal abuse to the same individual over a period of time

15 Nov 2013 23:41

When someone inflicts pain onto an other.

15 Nov 2013 23:42

continuation or repetition of an action after the defendant has made clear that they do not want the offender to continue.

16 Nov 2013 07:53

Doing something to a person that they don't want or dislike or makes them feel uncomfortable. To bother or annoy someone.

16 Nov 2013 12:02

When someone continuously bothers/aggravates another person despite being asked to stop.

16 Nov 2013 20:37

Harassment refers to causing discomfort and stress to another party, knowing and unknowingly. May take the form of sexual, verbal, emotional, etc. Also bullying and lewd comments, among other such things.

17 Nov 2013 10:44

Harassment is continuous imposition of an individuals personal space often to the point in which the person feels uncomfortable or threatened.

17 Nov 2013 12:07

Being pressurized into making comments you do not wish to make.

17 Nov 2013 13:19

Anti-social behaviour, causing harm verbally/physically.

17 Nov 2013 15:45

The persistent bothering of a person, be it physically or mentally.

17 Nov 2013 17:07

Intimidating someone. Can be either physical or verbal.

17 Nov 2013 17:19

Repeated, unwanted acts which cause someone discomfort and stress, like stalking or blackmail.

17 Nov 2013 18:01

The undesired and repeat attention to another individual, either through physical or mental acts.

17 Nov 2013 18:21

is a negative terrm, to intimidate someone by continually trying to contact or get to them.

17 Nov 2013 19:18

annoy someone

17 Nov 2013 20:08

When you interact with someone else in a verbal or physical manner they don't like and do that consistently.

17 Nov 2013 20:12

Bothering people, by either physical or verbal means. This could be either in person or through email/text etc.

17 Nov 2013 23:04

When a person has another person stalking/harassing them without the persons consent.

17 Nov 2013 23:37

When a person is bothering or irritating another person

18 Nov 2013 13:59

If an individual won't leave someone else alone. The person they are doing this too doesn't want this.

18 Nov 2013 15:17

Unwanted attention or actions against a person on more than one occasion

18 Nov 2013 19:46

Badgering someone, annoying or confronting someone without a justifiable reason.

19 Nov 2013 08:24

When you continue to annoy somebody in a way that makes their life difficult eg stalking, random phone calls etc..

19 Nov 2013 09:06

Constant pestering or aggrivation to someone

5 Nov 2014 15:04

Harassing e.g sexually

8 Nov 2014 12:13

Annoying, irritating, irrational

8 Nov 2014 13:51

For example, when you split up with someone and that one person doesn't leave you alone

10 Nov 2014 19:39

Being inappropriate around another person. Asking them for things or physical contact with them where the feeling is not mutual

10 Nov 2014 21:06

Somebody picking on an individual verbally or physically

10 Nov 2014 21:27

This means someone is being harassed, this could be due to someone being stalked for example.

11 Nov 2014 16:44

A term used to describe unwanted contact, usually abusive, to a group or individual. It could be physical or verbal.

4 Nov 2015 18:35

If someone does something offensive to another human without their permission to do so. It can be mental or physical.

5 Nov 2015 18:44

Harassment is also used in law, harassment is where someone is where someone is recovering I wanted attention from someone else. This could be verbally or physical. This can be done online or in person, the term can also be seen as bullying or blackmail

5 Nov 2015 19:42

Someone who is giving someone else a hard time either mentally or physically

9 Nov 2015 22:35

When a person is stalking/following/annoying another person who does not want them too. It is essentially when someone does not leave another person alone even when asked too

16 Nov 2015 13:14

Unnecessary behaviour towards an individual or group that causes harm or discomfort. It can take many forms such as sexual harassment. It is a way a criminal can unsettle their victim and cause stress.

19 Nov 2015 13:27

When somebody is pursues a person continuously and will not leave them alone

21 Nov 2015 10:25

When the person is being threatened or upset

21 Nov 2015 11:06

Unwanted attention

21 Nov 2015 11:33

Continuning to behave in a certain way that another person has asked to stop or is not comfortable with

22 Nov 2015 17:34

the act when someone is communicating with you in a way makes you scared and fearful

22 Nov 2015 20:23

Annoying someone

23 Nov 2015 12:43

To annoy, make someone uneasy, with the intent to do so, when they have asked you to stop.

6 Dec 2015 10:15

Where someone has been caused annoyance/distress by a third party either by verbal or physical actions

8 Nov 2016 20:47

constantly hassling someone that does not want the attention

9 Nov 2016 20:56

When someone or a group of people try and get you to do something you don't want to do

14 Nov 2016 17:08

Giving someone a lot of unwanted attention

14 Nov 2016 17:59

This means any form of threatening either physical or verbal

14 Nov 2016 20:23

To perform violent, upsetting or otherwise damaging (physically or emotionally) actions against another person.

14 Nov 2016 22:25

Being bothered by someone on a regular basis

7 Nov 2017 20:45

The relentless pursuit by one person to another. This could be in a manner of ways: sexual, verbal, physical. For example, constantly phoning a person when they have made it clear they do not want to speak to you. This would cause the person on the receiving end to feel unhappy.

7 Nov 2017 20:50

Repeatedly troubling or bothering another person.

8 Nov 2017 22:37

Verbally or physically assaulting someone to an extent that causes great anxiety on multiple occasions

11 Nov 2017 22:12

Not leaving someone alone when they've asked you to stop or is it making then uncomfortable. Can be sexual, via email or texting etc, or any kind of discrimination.

13 Nov 2017 08:02

Being repeatedly contacted by someone in some way

13 Nov 2017 08:17

Invading someone’s personal space by trying to constantly contact them

13 Nov 2017 13:02

Persistent unwanted attention and behaviour such as physical or verbal actions towards a person leading to feelings of discrimination, bullying or humiliation

13 Nov 2017 13:17

Harming someone verbally or physically

18 Nov 2023 12:52

persistent behaviour that causes annoyance, upset or discomfort intentionally to another

18 Nov 2023 20:12

Repeatedly accusing someone of something

20 Nov 2023 13:21

Repeatedly talking or approaching an individual who doesn't want you to be around them

21 Nov 2023 11:25

Stalking and making someone uncomfortable

21 Nov 2023 11:37

Carrying on with something after someone has repeatedly said no

21 Nov 2023 12:41

Where someone continuously annoys, scares or goes out of legal measures to someone.

21 Nov 2023 12:42

Unwanted behaviour of any kind

21 Nov 2023 12:47

Continuing of communication despite an expressed desire for no further communication from victim.

21 Nov 2023 14:24

Inappropriate behavior towards a fellow human being that makes others comfortable and borders abuse

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