Synonyms and Antonyms of besiege
1
to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication
- armies besieged the city for six months before it finally surrendered
barricade, block, cut off, dam, encircle
assail, assault, attack, beset
confine, insulate, isolate, quarantine
2
to cause persistent suffering to
- a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy
afflict, agonize, anguish, bedevil, beset, curse, excruciate, harrow, persecute, plague, rack, torment, torture
assail, attack
badger, dog, hound, pursue, ride
aggravate, agitate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, distress, disturb, exasperate, gall, get, grate, gripe, hagride, harass, harry, irk, irritate, molest, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put out, rasp, rile, vex
discomfort, discompose, disquiet, fluster, grieve, perturb, strain, stress, trouble, try, upset, worry
crush, oppress, overpower, overwhelm, smite, strike, tyrannize, victimize
hurt, pain, pang, prick, smart, stab, sting, wring
martyr
abet, aid, assist, help
deliver, release, relieve, reprieve
comfort, console, content, quiet, solace, soothe, succor
3
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
- bereaved parents continued to besiege the president with pleas to end the war
appeal (to), beg, beseech, conjure, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, petition, plead (to), pray, solicit, supplicate
bludge [chiefly Australian & New Zealand], cadge, mooch, sponge
ask, desire, invoke, request, sue
claim, coerce, command, compel, demand, force, insist, require
hint, imply, intimate, suggest
appease, conciliate, gratify, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, please, satisfy
comfort, console, content, quiet
