beleaguer (redirected from beleaguers)

be·lea·guer  (b-lgr)

tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers

1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems.

2. To surround with troops; besiege. See Synonyms at besiege.

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[Probably Dutch belegeren : be-, around (from Middle Dutch bie; see ambhi in Indo-European roots) + leger, camp; see legh- in Indo-European roots.]

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be·leaguer·ment n.

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beleaguer [bɪˈliːgə]

vb (tr)

1. to trouble persistently; harass

2. (Military) to lay siege to

[from be- + leaguer¹]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	beleaguer - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" badger, bug, pester, tease bedevil, dun, rag, torment, frustrate, crucify - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
	2.	beleaguer - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna" besiege, circumvent, hem in, surround attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" seal off, blockade - impose a blockade on ebb - hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb

Translations

beleaguer

vt → belagern; (fig) → umgeben