"hassles" in the noun sense
1. fuss, trouble, bother, hassle
an angry disturbance
"he didn't want to make a fuss"
"they had labor trouble"
"a spot of bother"
2. hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumble
disorderly fighting
"hassles" in the verb sense
1. harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
annoy continually or chronically
"He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"
"This man harasses his female co-workers"
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