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Definition of Beset
1. Verb. Annoy continually or chronically. "The performance is likely to beset Sue"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
Specialized synonyms: Goad, Needle, Bedevil, Crucify, Dun, Frustrate, Rag, Torment, Haze
Generic synonyms: Annoy, Bother, Chafe, Devil, Get At, Get To, Gravel, Irritate, Nark, Nettle, Rag, Rile, Vex
Derivative terms: Harasser, Harassment, Harrier, Hassle, Molestation, Plague, Provocation, Provocative, Provoker
2. Verb. Assail or attack on all sides:. "The zebra was beset by leopards"
3. Verb. Decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems).
Generic synonyms: Adorn, Beautify, Decorate, Embellish, Grace, Ornament
Derivative terms: Encrustation, Incrustation
Definition of Beset
1. v. t. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
Definition of Beset
1. Verb. (transitive) To surround or hem in ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To attack, especially from all sides ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To decorate something with jewels etc ¹
4. Verb. (nautical) Of a ship, to get trapped by ice ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beset
1. to assail [v -SET, -SETTING, -SETS] - See also: assail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beset
Literary usage of Beset
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"Then these six men made up to him, and beset him behind and before : also when
Diffidence the giantess came up to help him, old Mr. Honest cut her down at ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"obsess, vt beset (contextual), besiege (contextual); spec, haunt. ... Spec, busy,
engage (now chiefly in the passive), exercise, employ, beset, interest, ..."
3. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"He tried to repeat some verses to himself, to enter on a calculation, no matter
of what sort, to invent some kind of story. Impossible! He was beset by the ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"In the season of 1684, fourteen of their ships were wrecked, and eleven more
remained beset during the winter. In the month of May of the year 1814, ..."
5. Publishers Weeklyby Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1902)
"They follow the original text literally, thus forming a valuable help to the
student in his efforts to master the difficulties which beset him. ..."
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