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What is another word for beleaguering?

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Verb

To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

Present participle for to besiege or surround with troops

Noun

(military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force

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Verb

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To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

spiting

burning up

driving crazy

driving to distraction

getting someone's goat

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting someone's dander up

getting your back up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

freaking out

causing suffering to

bending someone's ear

inflicting anguish on

bringing pressure to bear on

miffing

exacerbating

rubbing the wrong way

getting your dander up

rattling someone's cage

ruffling one's feathers

raising your hackles

rasping

humping

putting someone's nose out of joint

putting out

getting your goat

getting up someone's nose

making somebody's hackles rise

causing discomfort to

driving you up the wall

getting on one's nerves

jumping on one's case

giving the needle

falling on

putting the squeeze on

satirizing^US

taking the piss out of

pulling someone's leg

satirising^UK

hurting somebody's feelings

putting someone off their stroke

setting someone back on their heels

putting someone off their stride

making someone scratch their head

eating at

putting out of countenance

getting your hackles up

getting down

jangling

driving bananas

causing to be at a stand

making unhappy

scandalising^UK

putting in a spot

stopping someone in their tracks

causing someone to lose their composure

dumping on

rubbing you up the wrong way

getting someone's wick

galvanizing^US

taking the wind out of your sails

causing anguish

going to your head

sticking in one's craw

making sad

throwing a curve

setting one's teeth on edge

knocking the stuffing out of

galvanising^UK

making self-conscious

making someone's hackles rise

getting someone's hackles up

getting in someone's hair

trying someone's patience

getting on someone's nerves

ruffling someone's feathers

getting under someone's skin

getting on someone's tits

getting someone's back up

trying the patience of

sending into a rage

pushing someon's buttons

setting someone's teeth on edge

quickening

making restless

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

treading on someone's toes

laboring^US

labouring^UK

sending over the edge

making an enemy of somebody

catching unawares

getting on the wrong side of

getting across someone

pushing the buttons of

making your gorge rise

hurting the feelings of

causing someone distress

offending morals of

causing pain

abominating

filling with loathing

dementing

pulling the rug out from under

pulling the rug from under

making your head spin

messing with one's head

making punchy

setting someone thinking

causing inconvenience to

creating difficulties for

paralysing^UK

throwing into a tizzy

hitting like ton of bricks

raising someone's eyebrows

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

paralyzing^US

balking^US

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

baulking^UK

upsetting the applecart

sweeping someone off their feet

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

dampening spirits

breaking someone's heart

making someone fed up

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

tugging at your heartstrings

lighting a fire under

whipping up

whetting one's appetite

getting going

firing the enthusiasm of

firing the imagination of

pepping up

spurring on

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“She would beleaguer him with questions until he either admitted what he was doing or snapped at her.”

Verb

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Present participle for to besiege or surround with troops

coming at from all sides

forming a barrier round

forming a ring around

forming a barrier around

setting the boundaries of

setting the limits of

keeping under lock and key

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“And yet, I cannot think that any Scottish or French rovers could land in such force as to beleaguer the fortalice.”

Noun

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(military) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force

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