Beleaguered

Synonyms for "beleaguered" (60 found)

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More general

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attack verbconditiondistress verbdisturb verbmilitary action verbmilitary situationpressure verbsiege statestate

More specific

20 entries
bedevilbeleaguered committeebeleaguered departmentbeleaguered enterprisebeleaguered executivebeleaguered institutionbeleaguered organizationbeleaguered staffbeleaguered teambesiegebesieged citybesieged fortressbesieged portblockadeharassinvest

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Collocations

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beleaguered administrationbeleaguered citybeleaguered governmentbeleaguered industrybeleaguered investorsbeleaguered regionbeleaguerment campaignbeleaguerment of troopsbeleaguerment operationseconomic beleaguermentmilitary beleaguermentpolitical beleaguerment

Inflections

4 entries
beleagueringbeleaguersmore beleagueredmost beleaguered

Derivations

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Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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After all of these years of war, the populace is tired and beleaguered.

Source: tatoeba (10913624)

The wombat lives in the wild only in Australia. In its own small way, the furry marsupial is doing its bit to help the beleaguered community of Burnie, which has seen the loss of hundreds of jobs as the national economy slides into reverse.

Source: tatoeba (12267081)

The beleaguered city held out against the enemy's attacks for weeks.

Source: tatoeba (12396208)

a beleaguered stronghold

Source: wiktionary

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