Definition of Beleaguered

1. Adjective. Besieged; surrounded by enemy troops. ¹

2. Adjective. Beset by trouble or difficulty. ¹

3. Verb. (past of beleaguer) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beleaguered

1. beleaguer [v] - See also: beleaguer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beleaguered

belch
belched
belcher
belchers
belches
belching
belchingly
belchy
beldam
beldam beldame
beldame
beldames
beldams
belead
beleaguer
beleaguered (current term)
beleaguerer
beleaguerers
beleaguering
beleaguerment
beleaguerments
beleaguers
beleap
beleaped
beleaping
beleaps
beleapt
beleave
belecture
belectured

Literary usage of Beleaguered

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Inside the German Empire in the Third Year of the War by Herbert Bayard Swope (1917)
"CHAPTER V THE SPIRIT OF THE beleaguered EMPIRE Germany sobered to-day—Calls herself a "beleaguered fortress" and establishes ..."

2. Reminiscences of the "filibuster" War in Nicaragua by Charles William Doubleday (1886)
"The Americans beleaguered in Rivas—Accept terms from the enemy —They leave Nicaragua—Subsequent efforts at return—Tried for violation of the neutrality ..."

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