Beleaguer

//bɪˈli.ɡɚ//

Synonyms for "beleaguer" (116 found)

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More general

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Synonyms

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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related to

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Translations

54 translations across 17 languages.

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Armenian

3 entries
  • անհանգստացնել verb (to vex, harass, or beset)
  • շրջապատել verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • պաշարել verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • обсаждам verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 包圍 /包围 verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • 圍攻 /围攻 verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • 糾纏 /纠缠 verb (to vex, harass, or beset)
  • 騷擾 /骚扰 verb (to vex, harass, or beset)

Czech

3 entries
  • oblehnout verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • obléhat verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • obtěžovat verb (to vex, harass, or beset)

Danish

1 entries
  • belejre verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)

Dutch

2 entries
  • belagen verb (to vex, harass, or beset)
  • belegeren verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kiusata verb (to vex, harass, or beset)
  • piirittää verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)

French

2 entries
  • assiéger verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • investir verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ალყა verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • ალყაში მოქცევა verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • ალყის შემორტყმა verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)

German

4 entries
  • bedrängen verb (to vex, harass, or beset)
  • belagern verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • belästigen verb (to vex, harass, or beset)
  • stören verb (to vex, harass, or beset)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • қоршап алу verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • қоршап қамау verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • қоршау verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • omleire verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)

Polish

4 entries
  • nękać verb (to vex, harass, or beset)
  • oblec verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • oblegać verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • obsadzać verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • sitiar verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)

Romanian

4 entries
  • asedia verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • irita verb (to vex, harass, or beset)
  • necăji verb (to vex, harass, or beset)
  • supăra verb (to vex, harass, or beset)

Russian

4 entries
  • беспоко́ить verb (to vex, harass, or beset)
  • окружа́ть verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • осажда́ть verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • осажда́ть verb (to vex, harass, or beset)

Spanish

4 entries
  • asediar verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • cercar verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)
  • hostigar verb (to vex, harass, or beset)
  • sitiar verb (to besiege; to surround with troops)

Sample sentences

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I have read in some old marvellous tale, / Some legend strange and vague, / That a midnight host of spectres pale / Beleaguered the walls of Prague. // Beside the Moldau's rushing stream, / With the wan moon overhead, / There stood, as in an awful dream, / The army of the dead.

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