1. Annoy continually or chronically
   - harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy [non-standard], plague, molest, provoke 
2. Assail or attack on all sides
   "The zebra was beset by leopards"
   - set upon 
3. Decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)
   - encrust, incrust

Derived forms: besetting, besets, beset

Type of: adorn, annoy, assail, assault, attack, beautify, bother, chafe, decorate, devil, embellish, get at, get to, grace, gravel [US], irritate, nark [Brit], nettle, ornament, rag, rile, set on, vex

Encyclopedia: Beset

• cassowary
• cast
• cast about
• cast anchor
• cast around
• cast aside
• cast down
• cast of characters
• cast on
• cast out
• cast-iron
• cast-iron plant
• cast-off
• Castanea
• Castanea chrysophylla
• Castanea crenata
• Castanea dentata
• Castanea mollissima
• Castanea ozarkensis
• Castanea pumila
• Castanea sativa
• castanets
• Castanopsis
• Castanopsis chrysophylla
• Castanospermum