Hounding

Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊndɪŋ/

Hounding (verb)

  1. Chasing or bothering someone repeatedly and insistently.
  2. Forcing someone to do something by asking many times.

Examples

  • The dog was hounding the rabbit in the field.
  • The journalist was hounding the politician for answers.

Common collocations: hound someone, hound a target, hound for information, hound someone relentlessly

Synonyms of Hounding

Formal

Informal

Antonyms of Hounding

  • — To ignore someone is to not pursue or pay attention to them.
  • — To abandon means to leave someone or something behind, opposite of pursuing.