Synonyms of beleaguered

beleaguered

verb

past tense of beleaguer

as in besieged

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

beleaguered the castle for months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• besieged
• attacked
• blockaded
• encircled
• assaulted
• leaguered
• laid siege to
• invested
• barricaded
• isolated
• cut off
• beset
• blocked
• assailed
• confined
• insulated
• dammed
• quarantined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberated
• rescued
• released
• freed
• emancipated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of beleaguered

In New Jersey — a state beleaguered by waste and high costs in its public health plans — teachers and other school workers face premium hikes of 34% next year. — Bob Herman, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026

The department has been further beleaguered by concerns that leaders manipulated crime statistics to boost its image. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2026

Local government officials have played a key role in orchestrating the competition’s spread, eying the boost for businesses in a domestic economy beleaguered by weak consumption. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

In Georgia, chicken farmers are beleaguered by bedbugs, which have hopped from hotel rooms to poultry farms, and from there to workers’ homes. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Sybil, who spent her younger years beleaguered by the presence of her double, that emblem of feminine conformity named Désirée, never manages to perceive herself as anything but abnormal by comparison. — Literary Hub, 9 June 2026

Their involvement now raises the specter of another squeeze on energy markets already beleaguered by closures on the Strait of Hormuz and partly reliant on the Red Sea as an alternative passageway for energy supplies. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026

This spring, graduates are leaving their respective alma maters and entering a job market that is beleaguered with uncertainty. — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026

But their chances have appeared to improve in recent weeks as the unpopular war with Iran and stubborn affordability issues have beleaguered GOP midterm ambitions. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 6 May 2026