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Synonyms and Antonyms of besieging
- armies besieged the city for six months before it finally surrendered
beleaguering, blockading, investing, leaguering [archaic]
- a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy
badgering, dogging, hounding, pursuing, riding
aggravating, agitating, annoying, bothering, bugging, chafing, distressing, disturbing, exasperating, galling, getting, grating, griping, hagriding, harassing, harrying, irking, irritating, molesting, nettling, peeving, pestering, piquing, putting out, rasping, riling, vexing
discomforting, discomposing, disquieting, flustering, grieving, perturbing, straining, stressing, troubling, trying, upsetting, worrying
crushing, oppressing, overpowering, overwhelming, smiting, striking, tyrannizing, victimizing
hurting, paining, panging, pricking, smarting, stabbing, stinging, wringing
- bereaved parents continued to besiege the president with pleas to end the war
calling on (or calling upon)
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