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1
to cause persistent suffering to
- he's been beset by a lack of self-confidence virtually his entire life
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- aggravate,
- agitate,
- annoy,
- bother,
- bug,
- chafe,
- distress,
- disturb,
- exasperate,
- gall,
- get,
- grate,
- gripe,
- hagride,
- harass,
- harry,
- irk,
- irritate,
- molest,
- nettle,
- peeve,
- pester,
- pique,
- put out,
- rasp,
- rile,
- vex
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2
to take sudden, violent action against
- the unsuspecting tourists were suddenly beset by robbers
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“Beset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beset. Accessed 29 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of beset was before the 12th century
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