besetting

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of beset

Noun

The act of one who besets or attacks.

Adj

1. Deeply rooted; persistent.
2. Obsessive

beset

1. (transitive) To surround or hem in.
2. (figuratively, sometimes, transitive) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
3. (transitive) To decorate something with jewels etc.
4. Of a ship, to get trapped by ice.

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Synonyms

adamantine

bulldog

confirmed

dogged

doggedly

do-or-die

insistent

intractable

obstinate

obstinately

persevering

persistent

pertinacious

pertinaciously

refractory

stiff-necked

stubborn

stubbornly

tenacious

tough

strongheaded

Translations

hartnäckig

acharné

obstiné

tenace

farouchement

opiniâtre

mordicus

obstinée

acharnée

persisto

الحصار

obsesionante

Etymology

From beset + -ing.