BESETTING

Definitions: BESETTING

BESETTING

Adjective

1. Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin.

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Beset

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "BESETTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1634. (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Generality	Universal; catholic, catholical; common, worldwide; ecumenical, oecumenical; transcendental; prevalent, prevailing, rife, epidemic, besetting; all over, covered with.
Impulse	Hackneyed, fixed, rooted, deep-rooted, ingrafted, permanent, inveterate, besetting; naturalized; ingrained; (intrinsic).
Vice	Infirmity; weakness; Adjective: weakness of the flesh, frailty, imperfection; error; weak side; foible; failing, failure; crying sin, besetting sin; defect, deficiency; cloven foot.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: BESETTING

English words defined with "BESETTING": Besetment. (references)

Non-English Usage: "BESETTING" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Afrikaan (garrison, occupation).

Domain	Title
Books	Die besetting van Laerskool Maroela (reference) 'n Volkstaat vir Boere-Afrikaners : lesse uit die Joodse besetting van Palestina (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Quotation
Samuel Butler	Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Trade	Venezuela	The recommended methods of selling to Venezuelan buyers remain letters of credit or prepayment, although Venezuelan buyers may have difficulty using either of these because of residual economic uncertainty besetting Venezuela. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"BESETTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 78.95% of the time. "BESETTING" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	78.95%	15	90,616
Adjective (general or positive)	21.05%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	19	N/A

Expression using "BESETTING": besetting sin. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "BESETTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		që të shqetëson. (various references)

Arabic		‏مطوق (circumfluent, encircling, enclosed, inclosed, ringed, surrounded). (various references)

Bulgarian		постоянно преследващ. (various references)

Chinese		困扰 (Beset, haunted, haunting, Plagued, Plaguing). (various references)

Finnish		helmasynti (besetting sin). (various references)

French		ennuyant, encerclé (besieged), défaut. (various references)

German		hartnäckig (adamant, dogged, dour, importunate, importunately, insistent, intractable, inveterate, obdurate, obstinate, obstinately, persistent, pertinacious, pertinaciously, pugnacious, pugnaciously, refractorily, refractory, strenuous, stubborn, tenacious, tenaciously, tough, unregenerate, unrelenting, urgent). (various references)

Hungarian		megrögzött (compulsive, confirmed, deep-seated, habitual, hardcore, ingrown, rooted). (various references)

Pig Latin		esettingbay

Portuguese		constante (all-time, constant, continual, even, fixed, frequent, incessant, lasting, loyalist, permanent, persevering, persistent, stable, standing, steadfast, sustained, true blue, uniform, unremitting, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering, unwearying). (various references)

Russian		постоянно преследующий. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		saletajući. (various references)

Spanish		obsesionante (haunting, obsessive), dominante (bossy, commanding, dominant, dominating, domineering, masterful, ruling, towering). (various references)

Swedish		ansättande (harassment). (various references)

Turkish		yakasını bırakmayan, tehditkâr (minacious, minatory, threatening), sürekli rahatsız eden (shrill), rahatsız edici (annoying, disturbing, fraught, haunting, hot, inconvenient, irritant, irritating, noisy, pesky, plaguesome, rough, strident, uncomfortable, uneasy, unrestful, worrying). (various references)

Ukranian		що тривожить. (various references)

Vietnamese		nhằng nhẵng, ám ảnh (obsessive). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"BESETTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bassetting, bedeuten, bedsitting, beestung, Benettino, benettons, besoting, Beventini, Bozetti, bozzetti. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "BESETTING" (pronounced buse"ting)
5	-s e" t i ng	offsetting, setting, upsetting.
4	-e" t i ng	abetting, begetting, betting, Fetting, forgetting, fretting, getting, jetting, letting, netting, petting, regretting, sweating, vetting, wetting.
3	-t i ng	abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, formulating, fragmenting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-g-i-n-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: beignets.
	-2 letters: beignet, besting, betting, setting, testing.
	-3 letters: begets, begins, beiges, beings, betise, binges, bitten, genets, genies, gentes, ingest, seeing, signee, signet, sitten, teeing, tenets, tentie, tinges.
	-4 letters: beets, beget, begin, beige, being, benes, bents, beset, bines, binge, bints, bites, bitts, egest, geest, genes, genet, genie, gents, geste, gibes, inset, neist, netts, nites, segni.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-g-i-n-s-t-t"
	+2 letters: misbegotten.
	+3 letters: bespattering.
	+4 letters: butterfingers, letterboxings.
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