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Synonyms for be setting


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : bih-set-ing
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈsɛt ɪŋ

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Définition of be setting

Origin :
  • Old English besettan "to put, place; own, keep; occupy, settle; cover, surround with, besiege," from Proto-Germanic *bisatjan (cf. Old Saxon bisettjan, Dutch bezetten, Old High German bisezzan, German besetzen, Gothic bisatjan); see be- + set (v.). The figurative sense also was in Old English. Related: Beset (past tense); besetting.
  • As in compulsive : adj driving, obsessive
  • As in lie : verb be situated
  • As in molest : verb bother, annoy
  • As in assail : verb attack, usually with words
  • As in assault : verb attack
  • As in obsess : verb preoccupy
  • As in overrun : verb infest, spread over; exceed
  • As in attack : verb assault physically
  • As in perplex : verb confuse, mix up
  • As in press : verb pressure, trouble
  • As in spite : verb offend, hurt
  • As in storm : verb attack, rush
  • As in strike : verb devastate, affect
  • As in surround : verb enclose, encircle something
  • As in swamp : verb overwhelm, flood
  • As in beleaguer : verb harass, besiege
  • As in beset : verb plague; hem in
  • As in besiege : verb surround; assault
  • As in worry : verb be or make anxious, troubled
  • As in bedevil : verb plague
  • As in bombard : verb assault, attack
  • As in aggress : verb attack
  • As in begird : verb surround
  • As in girt : verb encompass
  • As in coerce : verb compel, press
  • As in compass : verb enclose
  • As in afflict : verb cause or become hurt
  • As in encompass : verb surround, circumscribe
  • As in haunt : verb visit as a spirit
  • As in hem/hem in : verb enclose, restrict
  • As in importune : verb demand, insist

Antonyms for be setting

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