besetting | Definition of besetting

Synonyms and Antonyms of besetting

caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge

that woman's besetting need to meddle in the affairs of others

Synonyms of besetting

compulsive, driven, impulsive, obsessional, obsessive

Words Related to besetting

irrepressible, uncontrollable

automatic, instinctive, involuntary, knee-jerk, reflex, spontaneous

conditioned, mechanical

unconscious, unthinking, unwitting

capricious, unpredictable, whimsical

Near Antonyms of besetting

unforced, voluntary, willful (or wilful)

controllable, manageable, resistible