| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To annoy, disturb, bother, irritate or pester. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To trouble, ail, hassle, plague or worry.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Present participle conjugation of the verb molest.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (molest) |
1. Harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to.[Wordnet]. 2. Annoy continually or chronically.[Wordnet]. 3. To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: molesting, molested, molests, molester, molesters, molestingly and molestedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. |
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Date "Molesting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Disturbing; troubling.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of molest. (references) | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: MOLESTING | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Molesting the Decapitated | 4 | Molesting the Decapitated | 4 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | تَثَاقَلَ عَلَى (annoy, annoyed, annoying, annoys, disturb), أَزْعَجَ (bother, incommode, ail, annoy, disturb). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, molesting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | تَثَاقَلَ عَلَى (annoy, annoyed, annoying, annoys, disturb), أَزْعَجَ (bother, incommode, ail, annoy, disturb). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, molesting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | تَثَاقَلَ عَلَى (annoy, annoyed, annoying, annoys, disturb), أَزْعَجَ (bother, incommode, ail, annoy, disturb). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, molesting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | molestando (annoying, vexing, molesting, harassing). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, molesting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | belästigend (pestering, harassing, molesting, annoying, bothering), anpöbelnd (mobbing, molesting), schadend (harming, derogating, wronging, damaging, doing damage). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, molesting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | molestant (molesting), importunant (molesting, importuning, pestering, Dunning). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, molesting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | molestant (molesting), importunant (molesting, importuning, pestering, Dunning). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, molesting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | belästigend (pestering, harassing, molesting, annoying, bothering), anpöbelnd (mobbing, molesting), schadend (harming, derogating, wronging, damaging, doing damage). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, molesting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | تَثَاقَلَ عَلَى (annoy, annoyed, annoying, annoys, disturb), أَزْعَجَ (bother, incommode, ail, annoy, disturb). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, molesting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | belästigend (pestering, harassing, molesting, annoying, bothering), anpöbelnd (mobbing, molesting), schadend (harming, derogating, wronging, damaging, doing damage). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, molesting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | belästigend (pestering, harassing, molesting, annoying, bothering), anpöbelnd (mobbing, molesting), schadend (harming, derogating, wronging, damaging, doing damage). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, molesting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | molestando (molesting, annoying, harassing, heckling), molestatore (molester, molesting). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, molesting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | じゃま (obstruction, cumbersomeness, cumbrance, cumbrousness, disturbance), ヤギをじゃますること (goat molesting, goat-molesting), 子をじゃますること (child molesting, child-molesting). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, molesting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | molestando (annoying, vexing, molesting, harassing). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, molesting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | molestando (disturbing, annoying, badgering, molesting, estopping), Molestar (bother, disturb, trouble, annoy, hinder). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, molesting. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “molesting” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | olestingmay (molesting). Additional references: Pig Latin, molesting. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | molestando (molesting). Additional references: Terran B, molesting. (volunteer) | |||
| Source: compiled by the editor. | Top | |||
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