Beset synonyms
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To afflict with a plague
To make repeated demands of or subject to persistent criticism:
To touch or handle something nervously or persistently:
To overwhelm, harass, or beset
To attack violently, as with blows or military force; assault.
attack (related)
To start work on with purpose and vigor:
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The definition of allot means to give out a certain amount or share.
To come to an agreement (with a person, about a thing)
To create a blockade against.
To move in a circle around:
To shut in all around; surround; encircle
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To encircle; surround:
(Intransitive, colloquial, construed with over) To think or talk obsessively about.
To block or stop up (a passage) with obstacles or impediments; dam; clog
To make confusedly intricate; complicate:
To annoy constantly or repeatedly with petty irritations; bother; vex
(Nautical) To work against the wind by a zigzag course; tack.
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To move along or progress smoothly or effortlessly:
To subject to a siege; besiege:
To give or devote (time, labor, thought, or effort) to some enterprise or for some purpose
To attack or direct something at (someone) in a vigorous or angry outburst
To form an enclosure around; encompass
To start a quarrel or be the first to attack
To assault is defined as to cause harm to someone, to threaten harm, or to try and cause harm.
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To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.
To set upon with violent force
sail into
To set upon with violent force
To begin a military attack:
To set upon with violent force
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To ask or nag (someone) about something in an annoying and persistent way; pester:
To irritate or torment persistently:
(Obs.) To trouble; annoy
To commit the criminal offense of enticing or inciting (another) to commit an illegal act.
(Archaic) To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.
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Bait is defined as to tempt someone or something.
Tease means to poke fun at someone or something.
To encircle with or as if with a band.
To make a circle around; enclose within a circle; surround
To hide or protect oneself, as if behind a hedge
(Games) To toss a ring over (a peg), as in horseshoes.
lay siege to
feelings (related)
To disturb by repeated attacks
pain (related)
Pain is defined as to hurt or cause suffering.
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open (related)
To become open
To cover or coat with or as if with a crust:
(Art) To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.
To pick a fight or start an argument.
(Brit.) To hunt; chase
annoy continually or chronically
To stir to action or feeling:
afflict (related)
confront (related)
overshadow (related)
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Find another word for beset. In this page you can discover 70 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for beset, like: plague, hound, worry, infest, besiege, assail, attack, allot, arrange, beleaguer and blockade.
