<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to attack on all sides; assail</li><li>to trouble greatly or grievously; to afflict with mental or physical suffering; harass: Even as he was being beset with disasters, he triumphed. The best ideas are often beset by bureaucratic hurdles.</li><li>to surround; hem in: The village was beset on all sides by dense forest. Our work will be beset with dangers.</li><li>Synonyms: besiege, enclose, encircle, trouble, torment, persecute, bedevil, afflict, harass, assault</li><li>to set or place upon; bestud: The gold bracelet she found was beset with jewels.</li><li>Synonyms: ornament, decorate, stud</li><li>Nautical: to surround (a vessel) by ice, so that control of the helm is lost</li></ul>