Definitions for molest
məˈlɛstmo·lest

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. molestverb

   harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to

2. harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provokeverb

   annoy continually or chronically

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. molestverb

   To physically abuse, (occasionaly also means sexually especially regarding a minor )

2. molestverb

   To annoy intentionally

3. molestverb

   To disturb or tamper with.

4. Etymology: From molesten, from molester, from molestare, from molestus, from moles; see mole.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Molestverb

   To disturb; to trouble; to vex.

   Etymology: molester, Fr. molestus, Lat.

   If they will firmly persist concerning points which hitherto have been disputed of, they must agree that they have molested the church with needless opposition. Richard Hooker, b. iii.

   No man shall meddle with them, or molest them in any matter. 1 Mac. x. 35.

   Pleasure and pain signify whatsoever delights or molests us. John Locke.

   Both are doom’d to death;
   And the dead wake not to molest the living. Nicholas Rowe.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Molestverb

   to trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex

2. Molestnoun

   molestation

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Molest

   mō-lest′, v.t. to trouble.—ns. Molestā′tion, state of being molested: annoyance; Molest′er.—adj. Molest′ful. [Fr. molester—L. molestāre—molestus—moles, mass, difficulty.]

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1. motels

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of molest in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of molest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of molest in a Sentence

1. Superior Court Judge Maryann D'Addezio:

   Mr. Millete, you must not harass, strike, threaten, assault, follow,stalk, molest, destroy or damage critical or real property, disturb theirpeace, keep them under surveillance or block their movements.

2. Whitney Houston:

   One of the priests tried to molest me. He tried to touch my private parts… At that time, I was a young boy. I didn’t know what sexual boundaries were. I just knew I didn’t like being touched. Some things are hard to forget. the misconception that I feel [the public] has about me is that they don’t understand me.

3. Ruben Papian:

   Is there someone who passively watches his children growing up? We constantly and maximally invest ourselves into our children to realize our vision of happiness. But not for us - for those children. It’s not enough that we molest ourselves, so we have to molest the children as well…

4. Tasha Schwikert:

   It was the toxic culture that allowed him to have a blueprint to be able to manipulate us and molest us, so they absolutely have to be held accountable because our parents and you guys are sending your children to these organizations and institutions and just believing and assuming that these people are protecting your kids when most of them arent.

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