hassle

nouns

an angry disturbance

"he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"

bother, fuss, hassle, trouble

disorderly fighting

dogfight, hassle, rough-and-tumble, scuffle, tussle

annoy continually or chronically

"He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke