BESET (besetting)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does beset mean?
• BESET (verb)
The verb BESET has 3 senses:
1. annoy continually or chronically
2. assail or attack on all sides:
3. decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
Familiarity information: BESET used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BESET (verb)
Meaning:
Annoy continually or chronically
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
hassle; harry; harass; chivy; chivvy; chevy; chevvy; beset; molest; plague; provoke
Context examples:
He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked / This man harasses his female co-workers
Hypernyms (to "beset" is one way to...):
annoy; bother; chafe; devil; get at; get to; gravel; irritate; nark; nettle; rag; rile; vex (cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "beset"):
goad; needle (goad or provoke,as by constant criticism)
bedevil; crucify; dun; frustrate; rag; torment (treat cruelly)
haze (harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Assail or attack on all sides:
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
set upon; beset
Context example:
The zebra was beset by leopards
Hypernyms (to "beset" is one way to...):
assail; assault; attack; set on (attack someone physically or emotionally)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
incrust; encrust; beset
Hypernyms (to "beset" is one way to...):
adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
