Beset

Definitions: Beset

Beset

Verb

1. Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked".

2. To assail or attack on all sides:"The lioness..beset by men and hounds." Pope.

3. Decorate or cover lavishly with gems.

Date "beset" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Geography	Situation of a vessel surrounded by ice and unable to move. Source: European Union. (references)
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In Egyptian mythology, Beset was a goddess who protected mankind against snakes and other animals, evil beings and demons and bad luck. She was a goddess of pleasure, music, dance and the other arts. She was usually depicted with a long tongue, deformed legs and some (tail, mane and ears) parts of lion. She was masculinized as Bes.

Synonyms: Beset

Synonyms: chevvy (v), chevy (v), chivvy (v), chivy (v), encrust (v), harass (v), harry (v), hassle (v), molest (v), plague (v), provoke (v), set upon (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Attack	Beset, besiege, beleaguer; lay siege to, invest, open the trenches, plant a battery, sap, mine; storm, board, scale the walls.
Circumjacence	Verb: lie around; adVerb: surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird; belt; begird, engird; skirt, twine round; hem in; (circumscribe).
Difficulty	Embarrassing, perplexing; (uncertain); delicate, ticklish, critical; beset with difficulties, full of difficulties, surrounded by difficulties, entangled by difficulties, encompassed with difficulties.
Pain	Displease, annoy, incommode, discompose, trouble, disquiet; faze, feaze, feeze (U.S.); disturb, cross, perplex, molest, tease, tire, irk, vex, mortify, wherret, worry, plague, bother, pester, bore, pother, harass, harry, badger, heckle, bait, beset, infest, persecute, importune.
Request	Beg hard, entreat, beseech, plead, supplicate, implore; conjure, adjure; obtest; cry to, kneel to, appeal to; invoke, evoke; impetrate, imprecate, ply, press, urge, beset, importune, dun, tax, clamor for; cry aloud, cry for help; fall on one's knees; throw oneself at the feet of; come down on one's marrowbones.
Sequence	Attend, beset, dance attendance on, dog; tread in the steps of, tread close upon; be in the wake of, be in the trail of, be in the rear of, go in the wake of, go in the trail of, go in the rear of, follow in the wake of, follow in the trail of, follow in the rear of; follow as a shadow, hang on the skirts of; tread on the heels of, follow on the heels of; camp on the trail.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Beset

English words defined with "beset": Amphicome ♦ Be-, Begone, Besetment, Besetting, Bestad, Bestead ♦ catchweed, cleavers, clivers, commonsense, commonsensible, commonsensical ♦ embattled, encounter ♦ Galium aparine, goose grass ♦ Lime-twigged ♦ Piliferous, precarious ♦ run into ♦ Scratch grass, shaky, spring cleavers, Squirrel-tail grass ♦ Tear-thumb, To dangle about, To lay siege to ♦ untroubled ♦ Woe-begone. (references)

Specialty definitions using "beset": Back and Edge, Buckle ♦ Comet, Conjurer, Crayfish, Cross ♦ Dark ♦ Harlequin, Hermogenes ♦ Marmot ♦ Ringworms ♦ Umbrella. (references)

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

Afrikaan (busy, engaged, occupied, pregnant, taken, with young), Frisian (busy, engaged, occupied, taken), Indonesian (occupied, scraped).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Beset by Contradictions: Islamization, Legal Reform & Human Rights in Sudan (reference) Energy from heaven and earth : in which a story is told about energy from its origins 15,000,000,000 years ago to its present adolescence--turbulent, hopeful, beset by problems, and in need of help (reference) John Hale a Man Beset by Witches (reference) Tyne landscape: a discussion of the problems which beset the banks of a great industrial river and the proposals for rehabilitation of the landscape and increasing the value of the river and its banks for recreation (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Date	Quotation
Winston S. Churchill	1946	I can therefore allow my mind, with the experience of a lifetime, to play over the problems which beset us on the morrow of our absolute victory in arms, and to try to make sure with what strength I have that what has been gained with so much sacrifice and suffering shall be preserved for the future glory and safety of mankind. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	Bodily unrest and chill and weariness beset him, routing his thoughts.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Disturbing behaviors, such as wandering and agitation, beset many people as the disease progresses. (references)
Economic History	South Africa	ICASA is, however, confronted with the same troubles that beset SATRA. (references)
	Italy	Major political parties, beset by scandal and loss of voter confidence, underwent far-reaching changes. (references)
	Hong Kong	Originally named the Strategic Sewage Disposal Scheme (SSDS), the project was beset by geo-technical and contract problems that caused it to run over budget and behind schedule. (references)
Political Economy	Bangladesh	Bangladesh is a very poor country, occasionally beset by natural disasters that further hamper development. (references)
	RUSSIA	U.S. companies continue to report that Russian procedures for certifying imported products and equipment are non-transparent, expensive, time-consuming and beset by redundancies. (references)
Worker Rights	Bosnia and Herzegovina	The judicial system, beset by fundamental procedural flaws and massive case backlogs, offers only minimal prospects of redress for plaintiffs in civil litigation. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	CROSS, n. An ancient religious symbol erroneously supposed to owe its significance to the most solemn event in the history of Christianity, but really antedating it by thousands of years. By many it has been believed to be identical with the crux ansata of the ancient phallic worship, but it has been traced even beyond all that we know of that, to the rites of primitive peoples. We have to-day the White Cross as a symbol of chastity, and the Red Cross as a badge of benevolent neutrality in war. Having in mind the former, the reverend Father Gassalasca Jape smites the lyre to the effect following: "Be good, be good!" the sisterhood Cry out in holy chorus, And, to dissuade from sin, parade Their various charms before us. But why, O why, has ne'er an eye Seen her of winsome manner And youthful grace and pretty face Flaunting the White Cross banner? Now where's the need of speech and screed To better our behaving? A simpler plan for saving man (But, first, is he worth saving?) Is, dears, when he declines to flee From bad thoughts that beset him, Ignores the Law as 't were a straw, And wants to sin -- don't let him.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	I do not doubt that the Congress will be beset by many groups who will urge that the legislation that I have proposed should either be eliminated or modified to the point where it is nearly useless.
Richard Nixon	1969-1974	At every turn, we have been beset by those who find everything wrong with America and little that is right.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Beset" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 74.35% of the time. "Beset" is used about 230 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 (past participle)	74.35%	171	23,814
Lexical Verb (past tense)	23.04%	53	46,657
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	2.61%	6	143,867
Total	100.00%	230	N/A

Expressions using "beset": beset by doubts ♦ beset with difficulties. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "beset"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		belae (threaten), belaag (threaten). (various references)

Albanian		rrethoj (begird, beleaguer, besiege, border on, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close in, close on, compass, embosom, embower, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, engirdle, entwine, envelop, environ, fence in, flank, fold, gird, girdle, hedge in, hem, inclose, invest, lap, leaguer, pocket, rail, rim, ring, round up, span, surround, wreathe), mësyj (assault, attack, charge, pelt, storm, waylay). (various references)

Arabic		‏هاجم (assault, attack, batter, belabour, challenge, charge, contravene, dispute, hit, jump, lace, layabout, light into, mount an offensive, peck, press, prey on, prong, rush, set about, storm, strafe, strike), ‏احاط, ‏أقلق (agitate, concern, disconcert, disquiet, distress, disturb, ferret, fret, fuss, hop, molest, obsess, peck, perturb, rile, shake up, spook, torment, trouble, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry), ‏أزعج (ail, annoy, bother, burn, discompose, disquiet, disrupt, distress, disturb, get in the way, get on smb.'s nerves, gig, gnaw, grate, hamper, harass, importune, incommode, inconvenience, infest, intrude, irk, irritate, jolt, molest, nag, niggle, obsess, offend, pain, peck, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, possess, prickle, put out, rasp, rattle, ruffle, saddle, torment, trouble, upset, vex), ‏رصع (embay, inlay, insert, intersperse, recess, set, stud, trim). (various references)

Bulgarian		спъвам (clog, cramp, embarrass, entangle, fetter, hinder, hobble, impede, interfere, preclude, prevent, prohibit, retard, set back, shackle, short circuit, snag, snub, tie, trammel, trig), обсаждам (besiege, invest, lay siege to, siege, surround), обсипвам (assail, besiege, deluge, heap, intersperse, load, pepper, smother, sow, spot, strew, stud), обкръжавам (beleaguer, circle, embosom, encircle, encompass, engird, envelop, environ, hoop, invest, rabble, rim, ring, surround), заобикалям (beat, begird, bridge, bypass, circumambulate, circumnavigate, circumvent, compass, double, elude, encircle, environ, evade, get round, gird, girdle, leapfrog, make a detour, pass round, round, short circuit, sidestep, skirt, stretch, surround, work round), преграждам (bar, fence off, hedge off, intercept, interdict, interrupt, obstruct, occlude, partition off, rail, screen, stem). (various references)

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

Czech		trápit (afflict, agonize, ail, bait, bother, discommode, disgruntle, grieve, nag, pain, pester, plague, pother, rack, tantalize, torment, torture, trouble, vex, worry), sužovat (afflict, bother, harass, Harry, haunt, scourge), obsadit (annex, cast, fill, occupy, overrun), obklopit (cluster round, encompass, engird, envelop, environ, hem in, ring, surround), obklíèit (encircle, hem in, surround). (various references)

Danish		beset. (various references)

Dutch		belagen (set a trap, set a trap for, stalking, threaten, to stalk), ingevroren schip, ingesloten (accompanying, lock). (various references)

Esperanto		insidi kontraŭ (threaten). (various references)

Farsi		مزین کردن (Dress, Emboss, Furnish), حمله کردن بر (Attack, Invade), عاجزکردن (Bay, Confound, Disable, Harass, Importune), احاطه کردن (Box, Circle, Circuit, Corral, Encircle, Encompass, Envelop, Girdle, Hedge, Hem, Hoop, Impale, Orb, Pale, Ring, Skirt, Sphere), بستوه اوردن (Annoy, Harass, Hare, Harry, Haze, Hurry, Pester, Plague, Worry). (various references)

Finnish		kiinni jäissä. (various references)

French		entourer (begird), ennuyer, encercler (begird, beleaguer), déranger, coincé, assaillir (besiege). (various references)

German		befallen (affect, affected, assail, assault, attack, attaint, befall, diseased, grip, infest, infested, overcome, seize, seized with, smite, strike, to infest), bedrängen (attack, badger, besiege, bulldoze, hassle, importune, pester, plague, press, pressurize, put pressure on, throng, to bulldoze). (various references)

Greek		στριμωγμένο, περιστοιχίζω (begird, encompass, surround), περιβάλλω (enclose, encompass, endue, environ, gird, indue, invest, shut in, surround, vasty, vest), επιτίθεμαι (aggress, assai, assail, assault, attack, beat, come at, go for, have at, lash out, make an attack пn, make an attack οn, set on). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"תקיף (assail, assault, attack, let fly, set on, slash, strike, tear into, tie into). (various references)

Hungarian		szorongat (straiten, to beset, to push, to put to it, to screw, to straiten), körülvesz (blockade, come round, encompass, engirdle, environ, gird, girdle, Girt, lock in, surround, to belt, to beset, to circle, to close round, to compass, to encircle, to encompass, to environ, to fence, to gird, to skirt, to surround). (various references)

Indonesian		menyerang (assail, besiege, oppugn, zap), mengepung (besiege, meb, restrain, surround). (various references)

Italian		circondare (besiege, circle, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, gird, inclose, ring, shroud, surround, surround oneself, troop round, wind), assediare (beleaguer, besiege), assalire (assail, assault, attack, mob, raid, rankle, set about, set upon, storm, violate). (various references)

Manx		soiaghey (determine, fix, implant, incursion, installation, let, letting, mounting, pitch, place, plant, posture, repose, seat, set, set up, setting, settle, situate, situation, station, synchronize), chionney stiagh (beleaguer, beseige, mob, perforate, press in, siege). (various references)

Pig Latin		esetbay

Portuguese		ocupar (engage, engross, exercise, fill, occupy, take), obstruir (block, blockade, clog, dam, estoppel, filiform, foul, Jamaica, let, obstruct, occlude, shut), envolver (circumvent, close, convolve, cover, draw in, enclasp, encompass, enfold, entangle, envelope, enzyme, fold, girder, implicate, import, invest, involve, lap, lap up, mantle, mix up, wind, wrap), assediar (besiege, bombard, pester, ply), assaltar (assail, assault, attack, break into, burgle, foray, garret, garrulity, hijack a plane, lay hands on, oppugn, overrun, overtax, Rob, strike). (various references)

Romanian		bombarda (besiege, blitz, bomb, bombard, cannonade, flood, shell, strafe), bloca trecerea, hãitui (bait, Chevy, Hunt), copleşi cu necazuri, asedia (beleaguer, besiege), asalta (assail, assault, attack, bombard, inundate, storm), aşeza (arrange, bed, bestow, build, collocate, dispose, encase, establish, fall, fix, impose, lay, lay down, place, position, put, put down, put on, repose, seat, set, settle, situate, stack, stand, stick, Stow, subside), înconjura (besiege, by pass, circumambulate, close, compass, embosom, encircle, enclose, encompass, engirdle, ensphere, environ, flank, gird, girdle, go, go round, hem, hoop, pale, parclose, rim, round, shut in, surround, wreathe), împresura (besiege, encircle, envelop, environ, gird, surround). (various references)

Russian		теснить (narrow, press), окружать (begird, close round, cluster around, compass, embosom, embower, encircle, enclose, encompass, enlace, envelop, environ, fence about, hem, inclose, round up, surround, surrounds). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		saleteti (pepper), opsedati (besiege). (various references)

Spanish		bloqueado (blocked, blocking, jammed, scotching), rodear a (embay, enlace, inlace, palisade, skirt), pret y pp de beset, obstruir (bar, barricade, block, block up, choke, clog, foul, hinder, impede, interfere, jam, lumber, obstruct, occlude, shut up, tie up), llenar (complete, cover, crowd, encumber, equate, fill, fill in, fill out, fill up, load, make out, occupy, pack, stuff, take up), engastar (Mount, set, set in, take to), cercar (bar, barrier off, besiege, circle, cut off, encircle, enclose, encompass, fence, hedge, hem in, inclose, invest, lap, obstruct, wall in), atrapado (trapped, trapping), asaltar (assail, assault, attack, hold up, lay into, raid, rush, storm), acosar (annoy, besiege, bombard, chase, chevy, chivvy, harass, Harry, hound, hunt, mob, persecute, pester, press, rush). (various references)

Swedish		besätta (fill, man, occupy, set, stud, trim), belägra (beleaguer, besiege), fast i isen, ansätta (afflict, badger, harass, heckle, importune, obsess, persecute, press), anfäkta (harass, haunt). (various references)

Thai		รุมเร้า�"้วย (beset with, besiege with). (various references)

Turkish		sarmak (bandage, begird, bind, bundle, cincture, clothe, coat, cocoon, coil, coil up, compass, do up, embrace, encircle, enclasp, encompass, enfold, enlace, entwine, entwist, envelop, enwrap, fold, fold up, furl, gird, hem about, hem around, hem in, infold, intwine, invest, involve, lap, overgrow, pack, reel, reel up, robe, roll, roll up, sheet, smother in, stalk, strap, surround, swaddle, swathe, tuck in, tuck up, twine, twist, whirl, wind, wind up, wrap, wrap up), rahat vermemek (badger, beleaguer, bother, disturb), kuşatmak (begird, beleaguer, besiege, blockade, bottle up, cincture, circle, compass, embosom, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, engirdle, envelop, environ, equip, gird, girdle, Girt, girth, hedge in, hedge round, hem about, hem around, hem in, inclose, invest, lay siege to, ring, shut in, surround, zone). (various references)

Ukranian		оточувати (bank, beleaguer, besiege, box, circle, compass, cordon, embosom, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enlace, environ, gird, girdle, girth, hang about, hem about, hem in, inclose, mob, palisade, ring, skirt, surround, zone), обложити, заступити, займати (occupy), перегороджувати (bar, barrier off), перепиняти (obstruct). (various references)

Welsh		cynllwyn (ambush, conspire, plot), amgylchynu (surround). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	da. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	alloes, circumda, circumdabat, circumdabis, circumdabisque, circumdabit, circumdabo, circumdabor, circumdabunt, circumdamus, circumdans, circumdant, circumdantes, circumdantibus, circumdantis, circumdantium, circumdaretur, circumdari, circumdat, circumdata, circumdate, circumdati, circumdatis, circumdato, circumdatur, circumdatus, circumdederant, circumdederat, circumdederis, circumdederunt, circumdedi, circumdedissent, circumdedisti, circumdedit, circumdeditque, circumdem, circumdent, circumdet, circumsedebant, circumstabant, circumstans, circumstante, circumstantes, circumstantibus, circumstarent, circumstat, circumsteterunt, circumvallabo, obsederat, obsederint, obsederunt, obsedit, obsessa, obsessae, obsessi, obsessus, obside, obsidebant, obsidebantur, obsidebat, obsideberis, obsidemus, obsidens, obsident, obsidentibus, obsiderent, obsideret, obsideri, obsides, obsidet, perurguebant, perurguebat, perurguente, perurguere, urgeat, urgeo, urget, urguebant, urguebantque, urguebat, urguerent, urgueret, urgues, ursi. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	besettan. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Hosea Chapter 7, Verse 2
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	OpwV sunadwsin wV sunadonteV th kardia autwn pasaV taV kakiaV autwn emnhsqhn nun ekuklwsen autouV ta diaboulia autwn apenanti tou proswpou mou egenonto
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et ne forte dicant in cordibus suis omnem malitiam eorum me recordatum nunc circumdederunt eos adinventiones suae coram facie mea factae sunt
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And lest perauenture thei sayen in her hertis, me hauynge mynde on al the malice of hem, now her fyndyngis han gon about hem, thei ben maad byfore my face.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them around; they are before my face.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.
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Language	Hosea Chapter 7, Verse 2
Cebuano	Ug wala palandunga nila sa ilang kasingkasing nga ako mahanumdum sa tanan nilang kadautan; karon ginalibutan sila sa ilang kaugalingong binuhatan: sila ania sa atubangan sa akong nawong.
Croatian	I u srcu svome oni ne kažu da ja pamtim svu zlopakost njihovu! Ali djela su ih njihova sad opkolila, pred licem mojim ona stoje.
Danish	De tænker ej på, at jeg husker al deres Ondskab. Nu står deres Gerninger om dem, de er for mit Åsyn.
Dutch	En zij zeggen niet in hun hart, dat Ik al hunner boosheid gedachtig ben; nu omsingelen hen hun handelingen, zij zijn voor Mijn aangezicht.
Finnish	Eivät he ajattele sydämessään, että minä muistan kaiken heidän pahuutensa. Nyt heidän tekonsa piirittävät heidät, ne ovat tulleet minun kasvojeni eteen.
French	Ils ne se disent pas dans leur coeur Que je me souviens de toute leur méchanceté; Maintenant leurs oeuvres les entourent, Elles sont devant ma face.
German	dennoch wollen sie nicht merken, daß ich alle ihre Bosheit merke. Ich sehe aber ihr Wesen wohl, das sie allenthalben treiben.
Haitian Creole	Men, yo pa janm mete nan tèt yo m'ap toujou chonje tou sa yo fè. Men, yo kanpe nan mitan tout mechanste yo la devan je mwen.
Hungarian	És eszökbe sem veszik, hogy emlékezem minden gonoszságukra. Most körülvették õket az õ cselekedeteik, a melyek színem elõtt vannak.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Tidak pernah terlintas dalam pikiran mereka bahwa Aku akan mengingat segala kejahatan itu. Tetapi dosa-dosa mereka meliputi mereka sehingga dengan jelas terlihat oleh-Ku."
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka tiada mereka itu berkata dalam hatinya, bahwa Kuketahui akan segala kejahatan mereka itu; maka sekarang mereka itu berdiri di hadapan hadirat-Ku, dikelilingi oleh segala perbuatannya.
Italian	Non pensano dunque che io ricordo tutte le loro malvagit� ? Ora sono circondati dalle loro azioni: esse stanno davanti a me.
Maori	A kahore a ratou meatanga ake i roto i o ratou ngakau, kei te mahara tenei ahau ki to ratou kino katoa: kua karapotia ratou inaianei e a ratou mahi; tenei ano kei toku aroaro.
Norwegian	Og de tenker ikke på at jeg kommer all deres ondskap i hu; nu har deres gjerninger omringet dem, de er kommet for mitt åsyn.
Portuguese	Não consideram no seu coração que eu me lembro de toda a sua maldade; agora, pois, os cercam as suas obras; diante da minha face estão.
Rumanian	Wi nu se gkndesc kn inima lor cq Eu kmi aduc aminte de toatq rqutatea lor; faptele lor ki wi knconjoarq, wi stau knaintea Mea!
Russian	оЕ � ПНЩЫМСАФ ПОЙ Ч УЕТ�"�"Е УЧПЕН, ЮФП с � ПНОА ЧУЕ ЪМП�"ЕСОЙС ЙИ; ФЕ� ЕТШ ПЛТХЦБАФ ЙИ �"ЕМБ ЙИ; ПОЙ � ТЕ�" МЙ�"ЕН нПЙН.
Swedish	Och de betänka icke i sina hjärtan att jag lägger all deras ondska på minnet. De äro nu kringrända av sina egna gärningar, ty dessa hava kommi inför mitt ansikte.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "beset": besetment, besetments, besets, besetter, besetters, besetting. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Beset" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: basert, baset, basett, Basutu, Bazett, beassst, Beese, beeso, beest, beesy, Behet, Belet, benset, berseem, Besar, besat, besel, besht, besi, Besor, Besse, besser, Besset, Bessey, bessot, beste, besteht, bestes, bestv, bevet, Beze, bezem, Bezet, Biest, Biesty, bisept, bisit, bissot, bizjet, blesset, Boesset, Bossert, Bousset, Boyett, Bozeat, Bozetti, bsent, Bset, Buset, byest, eset, esset, obset. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "beset" (pronounced buse"t)
4	-u s e" t	anisette, cassette, rosette.
3	-s e" t	offset, preset, reset, set, unset, upset.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: beets.
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-s-t"
	-1 letter: bees, beet, best, bets, tees.
	-2 letters: bee, bet, see, set, tee.
	-3 letters: be, es, et.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-s-t"
	+1 letter: begets, behest, berets, besets, bested, betels, betise, ebbets, thebes.
	+2 letters: beastie, beaters, beckets, beetles, befrets, behests, belters, bennets, bequest, berates, bestead, bestrew, betakes, bethels, betides, betimes, betises, betters, bheesty, boletes, boneset, bootees, brevets, butenes, debates, rebates, sherbet, subteen, trebles, website, webster.
	+3 letters: abetters, absented, absentee, absenter, absterge, acerbest, arbelest, basement, basseted, beadiest, beakiest, beamiest, beasties, beatless, beauties, bedmates, bedsheet, bedstead, bedtimes, beefiest, beeriest, beetlers, beignets, beltless, bemisted, benefits, bequests, berettas, besetter, besoothe, besotted, besprent, besteads, bestowed, bestrewn, bestrews, bestride, bestrode, betaines, bethesda, betokens, betonies, bheestie, bimester, bisected, bistered, bleakest, bleaters, blethers, bluestem, bonesets, breasted, breathes, briefest, burettes, bystreet, debaters, debtless, diabetes, eatables, ebonites, embrutes, eyebolts, feeblest, herbiest, jetbeads, nestable, obsolete, obtested, overbets, rebaters, retables, seatbelt, sherbert, sherbets, soberest, steenbok, stilbene, suberect, subteens, subtheme, teaboxes, tensible, testable, trembles, tubeless, tubenose, tuberose, ubieties, webbiest, websites, websters.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.