What does beleaguered mean?
Beleaguered means Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops..
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/bɪˈliːɡəd/ · adjective
Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops..
a beleaguered stronghold
a beleaguered town
4,500 British and Indian troops and twelve thousand camp-followers, including some three dozen British wives, children and nannies, found themselves beleaguered in what Kaye described as little better than ‘sheep-folds on the plain’.
a beleaguered ego
a beleaguered identity
a beleaguered real estate market
Chelsea were coping comfortably as Liverpool left Luis Suarez too isolated. Steven Gerrard was also being forced to drop too deep to offer support to the beleaguered Jay Spearing and Jordan Henderson rather than add attacking potency alongside the Uruguayan.
Ministers have not ruled out stripping the beleaguered operator of its franchise when it comes up for renewal on October 16.
Use beleaguered when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Beleaguered means Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include unbeleaguered.
a beleaguered stronghold
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