beleaguering
Laying prolonged siege
Beleaguering is the present participle of beleaguer, which means to surround with hostile forces or to harass persistently.
The word carries a sense of being besieged—whether literally by an army or figuratively by problems, critics, or demands: The beleaguering questions from reporters exhausted the candidate.
Something beleaguering wears you down through relentless pressure.
Surrounding a fortification militarily
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- blockadeSealing off a place
- surroundingEnclosing on all sides
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
encampment · fortification · bombardment · assault · barricade · trenches · stronghold · rampart
Persistently pursuing or pressuring
- badgeringPersistent harassment or nagging
- pesteringPersistent unwanted attention
- harassingPersistently tormenting another
- tormentingCausing severe distress
plaguing · nagging · dogging · pressuring · hectoring · importuning · hassling · dunning
Chronically afflicting or assailing
- inundatingFlooding or overwhelming completely
- swampingOverwhelming with excess
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- bombardingAttacking continuously with missiles
deluging · oppressing · burdening · taxing · straining · exhausting · crushing · suffocating
besieging
Surrounding a fortification militarily
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- blockadeSealing off a place
- surroundingEnclosing on all sides
investment · encampment · fortification · bombardment · assault · barricade · trenches · stronghold · rampart · breach
hounding
Persistently pursuing or pressuring
- badgeringPersistent harassment or nagging
- pesteringPersistent unwanted attention
- harassingPersistently tormenting another
tormenting · plaguing · nagging · dogging · pressuring · hectoring · importuning · hassling · dunning · persecution
besetting
Chronically afflicting or assailing
- inundatingFlooding or overwhelming completely
- swampingOverwhelming with excess
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
bombarding · deluging · oppressing · burdening · taxing · straining · exhausting · crushing · suffocating · pressure
- harassment tacticsharassment, hounding, pestering, badgering, nagging
beleagueringaiding
Providing assistance to
supporting · helping · assisting · relieving · reinforcing
beleagueringdelighting
Giving intense pleasure
comforting · soothing · pleasing · reassuring · calming
beleagueringliberating
Setting free from constraint
freeing · relieving · releasing · emancipating · rescuing
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