to beset
15
7.9
- verb
- /bɪˈsɛt/
:
asediar
- Three fundamental issues beset the National Park Service in its mission to preserve ecosystems for visitors.
- beset with problems
- beset by difficulties
- beset by internal
So, you know, we're beset with phishing attacks and scams and spam bots and garbage and why?
- So, you know, we're beset with phishing attacks and scams and spam bots and garbage and why?
- I mean, Star Wars was beset with a problem even from the start because of Splinter the Mind's Eye.
- Why a solitary, friendless life must be beset by secret dangers and alarms.
- There is no area of life that is more beset by conventions than sexuality.
- As the date has approached, I've been beset by terrors and night sweats, wondering where to even begin.
Examples
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In a world beset by violence, hunger and strife, there are occasions when mankind surpasses the petty struggles of daily existence.
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Community colleges are beset with increasingly greater challenges that can be the source of our particular difficulties.
Academic text (1997) -
So all kinds of problems beset the country.
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The island people are beset by many dangers, Steve - some real, some imagined.
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Beset by problems of his own making, Mr Jones had turned to drink, and for his misery he had found poor company.
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How can they expect to teach students to think fearlessly if they are beset by fears?
Academic text (1995) -
The Clinton Core campaign has already been beset by anti-abortion demonstrators.
Academic text (1992) -
Rather than basking in the admiration of the world, China is beset by internal protests and international condemnation.
Academic text (2008) -
Governing institutions, dominated by the PRI, were largely discredited, and the PRI itself was beset by fractious infighting.
Academic text (1999) -
The village was beset by bandits, making it unsafe for the residents to leave their homes.
Synonyms
302
4.0
Annoy someone again and again to make them feel worried or uncomfortable
165
4.8
To start a fight or argument by annoying someone
144
3.6
Annoy someone again and again to make them react
121
5.6
To cause constant trouble and suffering to people and things
118
8.2
To make an animal or person attack someone
47
4.4
To bother someone again and again
12
8.4
Annoy or disturb someone repeatedly
12
7.8
To surround a person with many requests and questions
8
5.8
To attack someone physically or with mean words
5
6.9
To attack someone suddenly from several sides
3
7.6
To bother someone again and again so they feel upset or tired
2
8.6
To trouble or annoy someone again and again
To annoy or chase someone again and again
To annoy someone by asking or reminding them again and again
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Harassed
42
4.0
19
8.3
- Formal
16
8.0
15
7.9
302
4.0
174
1.8
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word beset also comes from the parts be- 'around' and set 'to put', so it once meant to 'put people or things all around' someone. That's why to be beset by enemies or problems is to be surrounded, attacked, or troubled from all sides.