BESET Synonyms

• grievously affected especially by disease

• mentally or physically unfit

• surrounded by hostile forces

• having the place or position changed

• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

• emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships

• affected with madness or insanity

• stubbornly unyielding

• troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances

• troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances

• characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need

• characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

• (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

• an offensive move in a sport or game

• intense adverse criticism

• ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation

• the act of attacking

• a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase

• a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition

• the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)

• strong criticism

• launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

• attack in speech or writing

• take the initiative and go on the offensive

• attack someone physically or emotionally

• set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task

• begin to injure

• annoy persistently

• surround so as to force to give up

• a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family

• cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

• throw bombs at or attack with bombs

• address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage

• direct high energy particles or radiation against

• any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears

• someone who is morally reprehensible

• pursue or chase relentlessly

• invade in great numbers

• occupy in large numbers or live on a host

• live on or in a host, as of parasites

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• charge someone with too many tasks

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• overcome by superior force

• a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

• any epidemic disease with a high death rate

• a swarm of insects that attack plants

• any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)

• an annoyance

• cause to suffer a blight

• annoy continually or chronically

• annoy continually or chronically

• annoy continually or chronically

• annoy continually or chronically

• annoy continually or chronically

• cover or coat with a crust

• decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

• form a crust or a hard layer

• annoy continually or chronically

• exhaust by attacking repeatedly