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[ bih-set-ing ] / bɪˈsɛt ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR besetting ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveconstantly assailing or obsessing, as with temptation: a besetting sin. Origin of besettingFirst recorded in 1540–50; beset + -ing2 Words nearby besettingbeseech, beseem, Beseleel, beset, set in one's ways, be, besetting, beshow, beshrew, Besht, beside, beside oneself Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for besettingThe besetting problem I have with it to this day, is do people want to know this? Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination|Mindy Farabee|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST I found that I had been allowed to acquire certain bad habits and besetting sins—most people do. The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells Alcala had been brought up in aristocratic seclusiveness, and his besetting sin was pride. The Spanish Cavalier|Charlotte Maria Tucker He had been so sure of himself (but self-pride had ever been his besetting sin). Robert Annys: Poor Priest|Annie Nathan Meyer
No doubt, dormant within me lies every besetting sin, every human failing. Athalie|Robert W. Chambers Here one sees numerous groups busy at that besetting sin of the Indians, gambling. Aztec Land|Maturin M. Ballou
British Dictionary definitions for besetting
adjectivetempting, harassing, or assailing (esp in the phrase besetting sin) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to besettingbedevil, perplex, besiege, beleaguer, surround, embarrass, invade, overrun, hassle, infest, encompass, ring, badger, aggress, nudge, nag, pester, attack, storm, strike |