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   beset

   /bɪˈsɛt/

   verb

   • 1. (of a problem or difficulty) trouble (someone or something) persistently: "the social problems that beset the UK" Similar plaguebedevilattackassailbeleaguerafflicttormenttorturerackoppresstroubleworrybotherharasshoundharrydog
   • ▪ surround and harass: "I was beset by clouds of flies" Similar surroundbesiegehem inshut infence inbox inencirclering roundenclose
   • ▪ hem in: "the ship was beset by ice and finally sank"
   • 2. be covered or studded with: archaic "springy grass all beset with tiny jewel-like flowers"

   Word Origin Old Englishbesettan, from be- ‘about’ + settan (see set1).

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   Synonyms for BESET: plague, afflict, persecute, besiege, bedevil, torture, torment, bother; Antonyms of BESET: assist, help, aid, relieve, deliver, abet, release, soothe.

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   Synonyms for BESET in English: plague, trouble, embarrass, torture, haunt, torment, harass, afflict, badger, perplex, …

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   Synonyms for BESET: attack, aggress, assail, assault, fall on, go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike, light into, pitch into, beleaguer, besiege, blockade, invest, siege, harass, attack, besiege, plague.

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   Synonyms for BESETS: surrounds, environs, encompasses, storms, spends, rings, sieges, sails, plies, hems, plagues, pesters, hedges, perplexes, obstructs, obsesses, girdles, infests, hounds, girds, harries.

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   Synonyms for besets in Free Thesaurus. Antonyms for besets. 78 synonyms for beset: plague, trouble, embarrass, torture, haunt, torment, harass, afflict, badger, perplex, pester, vex, entangle, bedevil, aggress, assail.