beleaguered

2 definitions found

beleaguered - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Beleaguer \Be*lea"guer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beleaguered; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Beleaguering.] [D. belegeren (akin to G.
     belagern, Sw. bel[aum]gra, Dan. beleire); pref. be- = E. be-
     + leger bed, camp, army, akin to E. lair. See Lair.]
     To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to
     besiege; to blockade.
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           The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. --Longfellow.
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     Syn: To block up; environ; invest; encompass.
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beleaguered - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "beleaguered":
     barred, beset, besieged, blockaded, bound, cabined, caged,
     cloistered, closed-in, confined, cooped, cordoned, cordoned off,
     corralled, cramped, cribbed, enclosed, fenced, hedged, hemmed,
     immured, imprisoned, incarcerated, jailed, leaguered, mewed, paled,
     penned, pent-up, quarantined, railed, restrained, shut-in, walled,
     walled-in