'Besetting' definitions:
Definition of 'Besetting'
From: GCIDE
- Beset \Be*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beset; p. pr. & vb. n. Besetting.] [AS. besettan (akin to OHG. bisazjan, G. besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. be- + settan to set. See Set.]
- 1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects. [1913 Webster]
- A robe of azure beset with drops of gold. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
- The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade. "Beset with foes." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Let thy troops beset our gates. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc. "Adam, sore beset, replied." --Milton. "Beset with ills." --Addison. "Incommodities which beset old age." --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege; encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Besetting'
From: GCIDE
- Besetting \Be*set"ting\, a. Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'besetting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- annoying,
- average,
- backbreaking,
- common,
- crushing,
- current,
- dominant,
- epidemic,
- grueling,
- heavy,
- hefty,
- irksome,
- normal,
- onerous,
- oppressive,
- ordinary,
- painful,
- pandemic,
- plaguey,
- popular,
- predominant,
- predominating,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- rampant,
- regnant,
- reigning,
- rife,
- routine,
- ruling,
- running,
- standard,
- stereotyped,
- troublesome,
- trying,
- usual,
- vexatious