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besetting in British English (bɪˈsɛtɪŋ) adjectivetempting, harassing, or assailing (esp in the phrase besetting sin) besetting in American English (bɪˈsɛtɪŋ) adjective constantly harassing or attacking a besetting temptation Examples of 'besetting' in a sentencebesetting No doubt the result, he thought, of selfishness, his other besetting sin. Synonyms of 'besetting'chronic, persistent, long-standing, prevalent More Synonyms of besetting my besetting sins Synonyms persistent long-standing prevalent deep-seated ineradicable Additional synonymsDefinition (of ideas, beliefs, etc.) firmly fixed or held long-term solutions to a deep-seated problem Synonyms fixed, confirmed, rooted, settled, entrenched, ingrained, inveterate, dyed-in-the-wool, ineradicable Definition by habit Three out of four of them would become habitual criminals. Synonyms persistent, established, confirmed, constant, frequent, chronic, hardened, recurrent, ingrained, inveterateDefinition (of a person or behaviour) beyond correction or reform Gamblers are incorrigible optimists. Synonyms incurable, hardened, hopeless, intractable, inveterate, unreformed, irredeemable - berth
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- beside
- beside the point
- beside yourself
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