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- DictionaryBe·lea·guer/bəˈlēɡər/
verb
- 1. cause problems or difficulties for: "he attempts to answer several questions that beleaguer the industry"
- 2. lay siege to (a place); besiege: archaic "our leaders decided to beleaguer the city"
Beleaguer is a verb that means to besiege a town or to trouble or harass someone. It comes from the Dutch word belegeren, which means "to camp around". See synonyms, examples, word history and related articles.
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Beleaguer means to cause a lot of problems or difficulties for someone, or to surround someone in order to attack them. Learn more about the formal verb, its pronunciation, and its usage in sentences from various sources.
Beleaguer means to pester or badger with persistence. A babysitter might find annoying the children who beleaguer her with requests for candy, cookies, games, and piggyback rides all at the same time.
Beleaguer means to cause a lot of problems or difficulties for someone, or to surround someone in order to attack them. Learn how to use this formal verb with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and translations in Chinese.
Beleaguer definition: to surround with military forces.. See examples of BELEAGUER used in a sentence.
Beleaguer means to trouble persistently, harass, or lay siege to. Learn the word origin, frequency, pronunciation, and usage of beleaguer with synonyms and examples from Collins English Dictionary.
be·lea·guer. (bĭ-lē′gər) 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: The enemy beleaguered the enclave.
