besetting
Constantly plaguing someone
Besetting describes something that persistently troubles or afflicts, typically a weakness or fault that one struggles to overcome: a besetting sin, his besetting tendency to procrastinate.
The word comes from beset, meaning to surround or harass, and implies a chronic rather than occasional problem—something that keeps coming back to plague you.
Causing mild torment
- plaguingAfflicting persistently
- tormentingCausing severe distress
- harassingPersistently tormenting another
- afflictingCausing ongoing distress
burdening · troubling · bedeviling · dogging · hounding · haunting · oppressing · weighing
Continuing without pause
- recurringHappening repeatedly over time
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
tenacious · dogged · stubborn · unwavering · constant · unabated · unflagging · nagging
Urge toward the unwise
- viceBad habit or deputy
- flawImperfection in something
- failingFlaw in one's nature
- shortcomingA fault or weakness
vulnerability · susceptibility · frailty · fault · sin · indulgence · compulsion · tendency
Of chief importance
- prevailingMost common or accepted
- predominantMost common or powerful
- paramountOf supreme significance
- controllingExerting authority over others
ruling · governing · commanding · overpowering · overwhelming · all-consuming · engulfing · pervasive
vexing
Causing mild torment
- plaguingAfflicting persistently
- tormentingCausing severe distress
- harassingPersistently tormenting another
afflicting · burdening · troubling · bedeviling · dogging · hounding · haunting · oppressing · weighing · beleaguering
relentless
Continuing without pause
- recurringHappening repeatedly over time
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
unrelenting · tenacious · dogged · stubborn · unwavering · constant · unabated · unflagging · nagging · chronic
temptation
Urge toward the unwise
shortcoming · vulnerability · susceptibility · frailty · fault · sin · indulgence · compulsion · tendency · inclination
overriding
Of chief importance
- prevailingMost common or accepted
- predominantMost common or powerful
- paramountOf supreme significance
controlling · ruling · governing · commanding · overpowering · overwhelming · all-consuming · engulfing · pervasive · omnipresent
- harassment tacticsharassment, hounding, pestering, badgering, nagging
besettingoccasional
Happening at intervals
sporadic · intermittent · infrequent · rare · fleeting
besettingresistible
Capable of being opposed
controllable · manageable · voluntary · willful · wilful
set, upset, setting, setback, reset, beset, setter, preset, unset