The problem was beset with difficulties.
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Beset
/bɪˈsɛt/
Synonyms for "beset" (329 found)
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coaxcoercecompasscompelcomplicate mattersconcernconfinedconfusedcontaincoopcoop incoop upcoopedcordoncordon offcordonedcordoned offcorralcorralledcramped
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crawl withcreep withcribbeddevildevileddiscomfiteddiscomforteddiscommodediscomposediscomposeddisconcerteddisquieteddistemperdistressdistresseddisturbdisturbeddogdoggeddrivedrive up the walldunembarrassedencircleencloseenclosedencompassenshrineenvelopenvironexasperateexerciseexert pressurefallfashfence infencedfretfrettedgaolgemgetgirdgirdlegripgripegrubbyharassharassedharriedharryhaunthauntedheckleheckledhectorhectoredhedge inhedgedhemhem inhemmedhemmed inholdhoundhoundedhousehouse inhung uphuntill at easeill-at-ease
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immuredimpelimportuneimpoundimprisonimprisonedincarcerateincarceratedincludeinconvenienceinconveniencedinfatuateinfestinfestedinvadeinvestirkirkedjailjailed
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jewelkennellay siege toleaguerleagueredlooplousymewmew upmewedmiffmolestmortifiednagnag atneedleneedlednettlenipped atnot let gonudzhobsessobsessedoppressout of countenanceoverrunoverspreadoverswarmpaledpedicularpediculouspeevepenpen inpennedpent uppent-upperplexpersecutepersecutedperturbperturbedpesterpesteredpickpick onpicked onpiqueplagueplaguedpluck the beardplypocketpossesspotherpreoccupypresspressureprovokepursuepushput output to itput uponput-output-uponpuzzlepuzzledquarantinequarantinedraggedrail inrailedrattyravageravagedrestrainedriderileringroilruffleseizeshrineshut inshut upshut-insmittensoften upsore besetstablestormstrikesurroundswarmswarm withteaseteasedteemingtormenttormentedtroubletroubledtry the patiencetweak the noseuncomfortableuneasyupseturgevexvexedvictimizewall inwalledwalled-inwheedlework onwormyworriedworried sickworried stiffworrywrapyardyard up
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6 entriesbeset by challengesbeset by controversybeset by inflationbeset by problemsbeset on all sidesbeset with difficulties
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16 total sentences available.
Although the catastrophe which beset us was foreseeable, no one did anything to prevent it before it occurred.
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But before they went to bed, the men of the city beset the house, both young and old, all the people together.
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Young people fled cities beset by terrorism, the economic crisis and drugs.
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