If you are harassed, you are anxious and tense because you have too much to do or too many problems to cope with. This morning, looking harassed and drawn, Lewis tendered his resignation. anxious and tired because you have too many problems or things to do
troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"