Besetting

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Constantly troubling or attacking.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of beset.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Habitually attacking or waylaying.
    • Word Usage
    "I know men who spend forty years fighting what they call their besetting sin, and on which they waste strength enough to evangelize the world."
    Verb Stem
    beset   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abetting    begetting    betting    fetting    forgetting   
     
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