you look harried
you look stressed
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Each of the new systems promises time savings for HARRIED students by allowing them to fill in personal and academic information just once.
(New York Times)
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People are nice enough, but you can hear the giant tick of the second hand. People are so HARRIED.
- Actor David Ogden Stiers
(New York Times)
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People are nice enough, but you can hear the giant tick of the second hand. People are so HARRIED.
- Actor David Ogden Stiers
Did you
know?
harried
adjective
- feeling strained as a result of having demands persistently made on one
(Oxford Compact Dictionary)
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Clear signs that one is harried:
- The sun is too loud.
- You ask the drive-thru attendant at your favourite fast food place if you can get your order to go.
- You don't have time to "cook" a microwave dinner.
- You would rather eat the coffee beans than wait for the coffee to finish brewing.
- You have an irresistible urge to bite the noses of the people you are talking to.
- You file for divorce - from reality.
- You discover the aesthetic beauty of office supplies.
Etymology: from the verb "to harry," which stems from the Old English "hergian", to make war, lay waste, ravage, plunder. In the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle," herigan is the word used to describe what the Vikings did to England. Harry (the word - not the person) is also related to the German word for army - Heer.
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SYNONYMS
badgered, distressed, harassed, hassled, plagued, pressured, stressed-out
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"You look a bit harried. Let's go to the pub after work."
adjective
- feeling strained as a result of having demands persistently made on one
(Oxford Compact Dictionary)
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Clear signs that one is harried:
- The sun is too loud.
- You ask the drive-thru attendant at your favourite fast food place if you can get your order to go.
- You don't have time to "cook" a microwave dinner.
- You would rather eat the coffee beans than wait for the coffee to finish brewing.
- You have an irresistible urge to bite the noses of the people you are talking to.
- You file for divorce - from reality.
- You discover the aesthetic beauty of office supplies.
Etymology: from the verb "to harry," which stems from the Old English "hergian", to make war, lay waste, ravage, plunder. In the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle," herigan is the word used to describe what the Vikings did to England. Harry (the word - not the person) is also related to the German word for army - Heer.
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SYNONYMS
badgered, distressed, harassed, hassled, plagued, pressured, stressed-out
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"You look a bit harried. Let's go to the pub after work."
