EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR MOLEST
Of such as wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
WORD ORIGIN
late 14c., "to cause trouble, grief, or vexation," from Old French molester "to torment, trouble, bother" (12c.) and directly from Latin molestare "to disturb, trouble, annoy," from molestus "troublesome, annoying, unmanageable," perhaps related to moles "mass" (see mole (n.3)) on notion of either "burden" or "barrier." Meaning "sexually assault" first attested 1950. Related: Molested; molesting.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR MOLEST
maul
verbmangle, abusemauled
verbmangle, abusemauling
verbmangle, abusemeddle
verbintervene, interfere- abuse rights
- advance
- barge in
- break in on
- busybody
- butt in
- chime in
- come uninvited
- crash the gates
- dabble in
- encroach
- encumber
- fool with
- hinder
- horn in
- impede
- impose
- infringe
- inquire
- interlope
- intermeddle
- interpose
- intrude
- invade
- kibitz
- mess around
- mix in
- molest
- obtrude
- pry
- push in
- put two cents in
- sidewalk-superintend
- snoop
- stick nose in
- tamper
- trespass
- worm in
mistreat
verbtreat badly or wronglymisuse
verbabuse; apply wronglymisused
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