Synonyms of besiege

besiege

verb

1

as in to attack

to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication

armies besieged the city for six months before it finally surrendered

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attack
• blockade
• encircle
• assault
• beleaguer
• lay siege to
• invest
• assail
• barricade
• leaguer
• cut off
• beset
• dam
• block
• confine
• isolate
• insulate
• quarantine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberate
• release
• rescue
• free
• emancipate

2

as in to plague

to cause persistent suffering to

a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plague
• afflict
• persecute
• torture
• attack
• beset
• bedevil
• bother
• torment
• curse
• agonize
• assail
• anguish
• harrow
• rack
• trouble
• overwhelm
• excruciate
• harass
• sting
• strike
• pursue
• disturb
• pester
• annoy
• oppress
• aggravate
• molest
• perturb
• irritate
• exasperate
• try
• vex
• agitate
• distress
• hound
• rile
• worry
• ride
• irk
• overpower
• grieve
• badger
• dog
• tyrannize
• hurt
• victimize
• smite
• upset
• fluster
• discompose
• gall
• put out
• crush
• stab
• bug
• chafe
• harry
• discomfort
• stress
• disquiet
• gripe
• pique
• pain
• grate
• nettle
• wring
• get
• strain
• smart
• hagride
• prick
• martyr
• rasp
• peeve
• pang

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assist
• help
• aid
• relieve
• deliver
• abet
• release
• soothe
• comfort
• console
• quiet
• content
• succor
• reprieve
• solace

3

as in to beg

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner

bereaved parents continued to besiege the president with pleas to end the war

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beg
• petition
• pray
• entreat
• beseech
• implore
• appeal (to)
• conjure
• ask
• call upon
• plead (to)
• importune
• supplicate
• call on
• require
• solicit
• compel
• invoke
• impetrate
• sue
• force
• coerce
• request
• insist
• desire
• demand
• cadge
• bludge
• claim
• mooch
• sponge
• command

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suggest
• imply
• please
• satisfy
• appease
• intimate
• hint
• placate
• pacify
• gratify
• oblige
• conciliate
• comfort
• content
• quiet
• mollify
• console