beset
verb
[ bɪˈsɛt ]
• (of a problem or difficulty) trouble (someone or something) persistently.
• "the social problems that beset the UK"
Similar:
plague,
bedevil,
attack,
assail,
beleaguer,
afflict,
torment,
torture,
rack,
oppress,
trouble,
worry,
bother,
harass,
hound,
harry,
dog,
• be covered or studded with.
• "springy grass all beset with tiny jewel-like flowers"
Origin:
Old English besettan, from be- ‘about’ + settan (see set1).
