beleaguer

English Thesaurus

1. surround so as to force to give up (verb.competition)

hypernym	:	assail, attack,
definition	:	launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with (verb.competition)

hyponym	:	blockade, seal off,
definition	:	impose a blockade on (verb.competition)

hyponym	:	ebb,
definition	:	hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb (verb.competition)

2. annoy persistently (verb.emotion)

hypernym	:	bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment,
definition	:	treat cruelly (verb.emotion)

3. surround so as to force to give up (verb.competition)

derivation	:	besieger,
definition	:	an enemy who lays siege to your position (noun.person)

4. annoy persistently (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	ribbing, tantalization, tease, teasing,
definition	:	the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances (noun.act)

derivation	:	badgerer, heckler,
definition	:	someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections (noun.person)

derivation	:	blighter, cuss, gadfly, pest, pesterer,
definition	:	a persistently annoying person (noun.person)

derivation	:	annoyer, tease, teaser, vexer,
definition	:	someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) (noun.person)

5. surround so as to force to give up (verb.competition)

derivation	:	besieger,
definition	:	an enemy who lays siege to your position (noun.person)

6. annoy persistently (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	ribbing, tantalization, tease, teasing,
definition	:	the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances (noun.act)

derivation	:	badgerer, heckler,
definition	:	someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections (noun.person)

derivation	:	blighter, cuss, gadfly, pest, pesterer,
definition	:	a persistently annoying person (noun.person)

derivation	:	annoyer, tease, teaser, vexer,
definition	:	someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) (noun.person)