besetting

Meaning of besetting

verb
  1. To surround or hem in.
  2. (sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides.
  3. To decorate something with jewels etc.
  4. Of a ship, to get trapped by ice.

noun

The act of one who besets or attacks.

adjective
  1. Deeply rooted; persistent.
  2. Obsessive

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Hyphenation of besetting

be-set-ting

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • besetting is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with besetting

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