Associations to the word «Beset»
Noun
- Temptation
- Peril
- Snare
- Perplexity
- Difficulty
- Affliction
- Strife
- Crise
- Danger
- Obstacle
- Foe
- Calamity
- Turmoil
- Robber
- Problem
- Thorn
- Apprehension
- Unrest
- Phantom
- Hardship
- Slew
- Anxiety
- Path
- Beggar
- Misgiving
- Alcoholism
- Swarm
- Shortage
- Annoyance
- Ill
- Woe
- Thicket
- Quill
- Precipice
- Uncertainty
- Plague
- Scandal
- Corruption
- Entreaty
- Sin
- Shoal
- Misfortune
- Evil
- Terror
- Steed
- Endurance
- Throng
- Misery
- Vanity
- Enemy
- Insecticide
- Trouble
- Gloom
- Anguish
- Fear
- Instability
- Scruple
- Hiss
- Prob
- Delay
- Multitude
- Temperament
Adjective
Wiktionary
BESET, verb. (transitive) To surround or hem in
BESET, verb. (transitive) To attack, especially from all sides
BESET, verb. (transitive) To decorate something with jewels etc
BESET, verb. (nautical) Of a ship, to get trapped by ice
Dictionary definition
BESET, verb. Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers".
BESET, verb. Assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards".
BESET, verb. Decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems).
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.