Dictionary

beleaguer en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /bɪˈliː.ɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /biˈli.ɡɚ/ (General-American)
• /bɪˈli.ɡɚ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch belegeren and/or Middle Low German belēgeren; equivalent to be- + lair. Compare also German belagern, Danish belejre. The English spelling was perhaps influenced by unrelated league.

Meanings

1. To besiege; to surround with troops.
   • I have read in some old marvellous tale, / Some legend strange and vague, / That a midnight host of spectres pale / Beleaguered the walls of Prague. // Beside the Moldau's rushing stream, / With the wan moon overhead, / There stood, as in an awful dream, / The army of the dead. 1838 October, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Beleaguered City”, in Voices of the Night, Cambridge, Mass.: […] John Owen, published 1839, →OCLC, stanzas 1–2, page 22:
2. To vex, harass, or beset.
3. To exhaust.

Forms

Deriveds

beleaguerment · beleaguerer

Synonyms

exhaust · bullyrag · persecute · pester · bedevil · beleaguer · harry · jade · do for · knock up · besiege · harass · devil · plague · weary · tire · beset · plague · poop · give someone grief · harry · do for · wear · tire out · wear out · chevy · fatigue · beleaguer · gas out · bait · badger · vex · lay siege to · invest · hound · encircle · run someone ragged · wear down · get down · fordo · beset · bug · belay · dog · wear down · pick at · badger

Translations (54)

cmn 糾纏 /纠缠 (to vex, harass, or beset) · ru осажда́ть (to besiege; to surround with troops) · cmn 包圍 /包围 (to besiege; to surround with troops) · cs obléhat (to besiege; to surround with troops) · hy պաշարել (to besiege; to surround with troops) · fi kiusata (to vex, harass, or beset) · ro irita (to vex, harass, or beset) · hy շրջապատել (to besiege; to surround with troops) · cs oblehnout (to besiege; to surround with troops) · pl obstępować (to besiege; to surround with troops) · pl oblec (to besiege; to surround with troops) · ru осажда́ть (to vex, harass, or beset) · ro împresura (to besiege; to surround with troops) · bg обсаждам (to besiege; to surround with troops) · cmn 圍攻 /围攻 (to besiege; to surround with troops) · ro înconjura (to besiege; to surround with troops) · ka ალყა (to besiege; to surround with troops) · cs obtěžovat (to vex, harass, or beset) · ro asedia (to besiege; to surround with troops) · es asediar (to besiege; to surround with troops) · ka ალყაში მოქცევა (to besiege; to surround with troops) · fi piirittää (to besiege; to surround with troops) · kk қоршап алу (to besiege; to surround with troops) · nl belegeren (to besiege; to surround with troops) · ro încercui (to besiege; to surround with troops) · es cercar (to besiege; to surround with troops) · ro supăra (to vex, harass, or beset) · ro sâcâi (to vex, harass, or beset) · kk қоршау (to besiege; to surround with troops) · ru беспоко́ить (to vex, harass, or beset) · ka ალყის შემორტყმა (to besiege; to surround with troops) · ru окружа́ть (to besiege; to surround with troops) · fr investir (to besiege; to surround with troops) · ro necăji (to vex, harass, or beset) · pl obsadzać (to besiege; to surround with troops) · pl obstąpić (to besiege; to surround with troops) · pl obsadzić (to besiege; to surround with troops) · es hostigar (to vex, harass, or beset) · de belästigen (to vex, harass, or beset) · cmn 騷擾 /骚扰 (to vex, harass, or beset) · nl belagen (to vex, harass, or beset) · de belagern (to besiege; to surround with troops) · de bedrängen (to vex, harass, or beset) · nn omleire (to besiege; to surround with troops) · de stören (to vex, harass, or beset) · pl nękać (to vex, harass, or beset) · de umzingeln (to besiege; to surround with troops) · kk қоршап қамау (to besiege; to surround with troops) · fr assiéger (to besiege; to surround with troops) · hy անհանգստացնել (to vex, harass, or beset) · pt sitiar (to besiege; to surround with troops) · es sitiar (to besiege; to surround with troops) · da belejre (to besiege; to surround with troops) · pl oblegać (to besiege; to surround with troops)