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Beset

Beset Meaning & Definition
Beset Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Beset?

[v] to assail or attack on all sides:"The lioness..beset by men and hounds." Pope
[v] decorate or cover lavishly with gems
[v] annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Beset: chevvy | chevy | chivvy | chivy | encrust | harass | harry | hassle | incrust | molest | plague | provoke | set upon

Related Terms | Find terms related to Beset: abashed | afflict | afflicted | aggravate | agitated | ail | annoy | annoyed | anxious | apply pressure | assail | assault | attack | badger | badgered | bait | baited | barred | be at | be the matter | bedevil | bedeviled | beleaguer | beleaguered | besiege | besieged | blandish | blockade | blockaded | bother | bothered | bound | box in | bristle | brown off | bug | bugged | bullyrag | bullyragged | burn up | buttonhole | cabined | cage | caged | cajole | cast down | chagrined | chamber | chapfallen | chivied | chivy | circle | cloistered | close in | closed-in | coax | compass | compel | complicate matters | concern | confined | confused | contain | coop | coop in | coop up | cooped | cordon | cordon off | cordoned | cordoned off | corral | corralled | cramped | crawl with | creep with | cribbed | devil | deviled | discomfited | discomforted | discommode | discompose | discomposed | disconcerted | disquieted | distemper | distress | distressed | disturb | disturbed | dog | dogged | drive | dun | embarrassed | encircle | enclose | enclosed | encompass | enshrine | envelop | environ | exasperate | exercise | exert pressure | fall | fash | fence in | fenced | fret | fretted | gem | get | gird | girdle | grip | gripe | grubby | harass | harassed | harried | harry | haunt | haunted | heckle | heckled | hector | hectored | hedge in | hedged | hem | hem in | hemmed | hold | hound | hounded | house in | hung up | hunt | ill at ease | immured | impel | importune | impound | imprison | imprisoned | incarcerate | incarcerated | include | inconvenience | inconvenienced | infatuate | infest | infested | invade | invest | irk | irked | jail | jailed | jewel | kennel | lay siege to | leaguer | leaguered | lousy | mew | mew up | mewed | miff | molest | mortified | nag | nag at | needle | needled | nettle | nipped at | not let go | nudzh | obsess | oppress | out of countenance | overrun | overspread | overswarm | paled | pedicular | pediculous | peeve | pen | pen in | penned | pent-up | perplex | persecute | persecuted | perturb | perturbed | pester | pestered | pick on | picked on | pique | plague | plagued | pluck the beard | ply | pocket | possess | pother | preoccupy | press | pressure | provoke | pursue | push | put out | put to it | put-out | put-upon | puzzle | puzzled | quarantine | quarantined | ragged | rail in | railed | ratty | ravage | ravaged | restrained | ride | rile | ring | roil | ruffle | shrine | shut in | shut up | shut-in | soften up | sore beset | stable | storm | strike | surround | swarm | swarm with | tease | teased | teeming | torment | tormented | trouble | troubled | try the patience | tweak the nose | uncomfortable | uneasy | upset | urge | vex | vexed | victimize | wall in | walled | walled-in | wheedle | work on | wormy | worried | worried sick | worried stiff | worry | wrap | yard | yard up

See Also | adorn | annoy | assail | assault | attack | beautify | bedevil | bother | chafe | crucify | decorate | devil | dun | embellish | frustrate | get at | get to | goad | grace | gravel | irritate | nark | needle | nettle | ornament | rag | rile | set on | torment | vex

Beset In Webster's Dictionary

\Be*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beset}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besetting}.] [AS. besettan (akin to OHG. bisazjan, G. besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. be- + settan to set. See {Set}.] 1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects. A robe of azure beset with drops of gold. --Spectator. The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air. --Evelyn. 2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade. ``Beset with foes.'' --Milton. Let thy troops beset our gates. --Addison. 3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc. ``Adam, sore beset, replied.'' --Milton. ``Beset with ills.'' --Addison. ``Incommodities which beset old age.'' --Burke. 4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Syn: To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege; encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.

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