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Beleaguered

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops.

    "a beleaguered stronghold"

  2. 2
    Beset by trouble or difficulty. figuratively

    "a beleaguered ego"

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of beleaguer form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From beleaguer + -ed.

Etymology 2

From beleaguer + -ed.

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