Besetting
[bɪ'setɪŋ] or [bɪ'sɛtɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beset
(a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin.
Inputed by Franklin
Examples
- Little recked Mr Podsnap of the traps and toils besetting his Young Person. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They are your besetting sin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My terror, as I lay there, of falling ill, and being unfitted for to-morrow, was so besetting, that I wonder it did not disable me of itself. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There are briars besetting every path, Which call for patient care; There is a cross in every lot, And an earnest need for prayer. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Inputed by Franklin