Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops.
  • adjective Beset by trouble or difficulty.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of beleaguer.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From beleaguer +‎ -ed.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word beleaguered.

Examples

  • Mr. Fager appears intent to remove the word "beleaguered" from descriptions of his news division, and replacing an outsider, Ms. Couric, with Mr. Pelley could be part of the reconstruction.

    NYT > Home Page By BRIAN STELTER 2011

  • In such a case one of the first steps taken by men who, in a certain sense, are beleaguered, is to eject from amongst them any of their number who, wielding power, are not deemed heart-whole in their cause.

    President Lincoln's Coup-D'Etat 1862

  • Look up the word beleaguered and you'll find a picture of the Sens 'defence.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed David Shoalts 2010

  • Look up the word beleaguered and you'll find a picture of the Sens 'defence.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed David Shoalts 2010

  • I've been part of the Mac enthusiast community since the day of the dogcow, and save perhaps for an interval during the mid-90s when it seemed every media article about the company contained the phrase beleaguered Apple Computer, I've never seen so much apprehension and discontent.

    MyAppleMenu 2010

  • Look up the word beleaguered and you'll find a picture of the Ottawa defense.

    Corpus Christi Caller Times, Caller.com Stories 2010

  • The gossip sheets struck gold last year when they turned up evidence that one Mr. Jon Gosselin, at the time best known as the beleaguered Pennsylvania dad of eight kids on TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8," was cruising Wyomissing area nightspots minus Kate.

    Reality TV is affecting reality, creating a weird world for gossip writers 2010

  • Chertoff called his beleaguered FEMA chief, Mike Brown, and was told that there were only 1,500 people there.

    Michael Chertoff: 'What The Hell Is Going On?' 2007

  • Somalias beleaguered Transitional Federal Government on Tuesday night sent out an SOS It is calling for the urgent deployment of extra African union troops into the Horn of Africa state.

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Somalias beleaguered Transitional Federal Government on Tuesday night sent out an SOS It is calling for the urgent deployment of extra African union troops into the Horn of Africa state.

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.