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Synonyms for be setting
verb plague; hem in

bedevil
perplex
besiege
beleaguer
surround
embarrass
invade
overrun
hassle
infest
encompass

ring
badger
aggress
nudge
nag
pester
attack
storm
strike
circle
encircle

compass
assail
bug
entangle
girdle
ride
dog
harass
environ
harry
enclose

pick on
drive up the wall
fall on
fall upon
give a bad time
give a hard time
give one the business
give the needle
put the squeeze on
start in on
jump on one’s case

Antonyms for be setting

explain
surrender
exclude
aid
unloose
release

assist
please
clarify
clear up
leave alone
free

support
lose
let go
help

Synonyms
adj driving, obsessive

enthusiastic
passionate

uncontrollable
irresistible

compelling
overwhelming

urgent
besetting

Antonyms

apathetic
indifferent
independent

unenthusiastic
unexcited
controlled

easy-going
free

Synonyms
verb cause or become hurt

annoy
torture
bother
wound
oppress
beset
torment
burden

plague
rack
crucify
smite
pester
pain
distress
agonize

lacerate
grieve
vex
try
press
harass
irk
harry

strike
trouble
martyr
harrow
worry

Antonyms

aid
soothe
delight
assist
comfort

solace
make happy
please
relieve
help

be happy
support
take care of
stay away from

Synonyms
verb attack, usually with words

impugn
blast
revile
trash
berate
criticize
lambaste

vilify
bash
blister
malign
charge
bust
beset

assault
abuse
maltreat
molest
invade
encounter
come at

lay into
have at
set upon
work over

Antonyms

praise
compliment
uphold
exonerate

retreat
protect
surrender
help

let go
yield

Synonyms
verb attack

abuse
invade
rape
violate
beset
trash
advance
ruin

blitz
bushwhack
jump
charge
slam
zap
storm
strike

assail
blast
bash
come down on
go for
lay into
shoot down
haul off on

let have it
light into
set upon
slap around
work over
jump down one’s throat
jump on one’s case

Antonyms

retreat

decrease

praise

Synonyms
verb assault physically

hit
harm
charge
raid
besiege
beat
assault
hurt
bombard
ambush
stab
storm
strike
assail
blast

invade
infiltrate
clip
overwhelm
jump
brain
beset
molest
aggress
soak
clock
boot
bust
mug
slog

kick
biff
combat
club
bat
punch
bean
wallop
cook
bash
blister
advance
rush
bop
turn on

whop
larrup
boff
chop down
knock block off
knock cold
knock for a loop
lay siege to
light into
pounce upon
set upon
take the offensive

Antonyms

aid
assist
retreat
guard
protect
surrender
decrease

resist
shelter
shield
withstand
lose
help
leave alone

defend
submit
support
sustain
be lazy
slough off

Synonyms
verb harass, besiege

beset
bedevil
plague
annoy
gnaw

nag
tease
bother
pester
vex

blockade
persecute
storm
harry
worry

badger
put upon
set upon
siege

Antonyms

aid
assist

soothe
make happy

please
help

Synonyms
verb surround; assault

encircle
beleaguer
beset
blockade
trap

invest
attack
congregate
environ
assail

encompass
confine
hem in
come at from all sides
lay siege to

shut in
work on
work over

Antonyms

let go

leave alone

Synonyms
verb assault, attack

hound
bomb
besiege
pester
blitz

harass
barrage
batter
blast
catapult

shell
launch
cannonade
beset
pound

strike
assail
open fire
strafe
fire upon

Antonyms

leave alone

Synonyms
verb compel, press

bully
intimidate
suppress
repress
strong-arm
browbeat
terrorize
hinder

bulldoze
force
cow
urge
oblige
make
drive
impel

beset
push
threaten
constrain
menace
restrict
pressurize
dragoon

concuss
high pressure
lean on
put the squeeze on
shotgun
make an offer they can’t refuse
twist one’s arm

Antonyms

aid
assist
dissuade
repress
suppress

release
allow
encourage
help
let go

discourage
halt
stop
free
leave alone

Synonyms
verb enclose

encircle
besiege
girdle
encompass

round
beset
blockade
gird

environ
surround
circumscribe
circle

ring
hem in

Antonyms

let go
free

fail
lose

Synonyms
verb surround, circumscribe

encircle
girdle
envelop

beset
gird
enclose

compass
environ
circle

ring
hem in

Antonyms

unloose
release

exclude
let go

free

Synonyms
verb visit as a spirit

bedevil
annoy
terrorize
permeate
frighten
besiege
appall
pervade
beset
torment
worry
plague
trouble

hound
inhabit
terrify
obsess
agonize
float
agitate
walk
infest
molest
intrude
appear
recur

pester
disquiet
madden
vex
dwell
hover
return
rise
spook
harrow
overrun
possess
materialize

tease
reappear
manifest
nettle
harass
voodoo
rack
come back
prey on
weigh on
be ever present
stay with

Antonyms

aid
calm
comfort
delight
assist

soothe
make happy
please
help
leave alone

leave
settle
lose

Synonyms
verb enclose, restrict

beset
border
bound
cage
circle
circumscribe
confine
corral

define
edge
encircle
encompass
envelop
environ
fence
fringe

girdle
immure
margin
pen
rim
ring
round
shut

skirt
surround
verge
begird
close in
hedge in
shut in

Antonyms

release

let go

Synonyms
verb demand, insist

beset
press
crave
persuade
plead
hound
badger
sell

nag
pray
pester
implore
solicit
appeal
urge
invoke

besiege
plague
ask
beseech
beg
entreat
harass
supplicate

con
egg on
dun
goose
work on

Antonyms

dissuade
reply
refuse
aid

assist
leave alone
discourage
answer

please
help
command
give

Synonyms
verb be situated

stretch
belong
remain
spread
exist
prevail
beset

be
reach
extend
occupy
be beside
be buried
be established

be even
be fixed
be found
be interred
be level
be located
be on

be placed
be seated
be smooth
have its seat in

Antonyms

compress
straighten

stand
be honest

be upright

Synonyms
verb bother, annoy

tease
frighten
harass
abuse
torment
persecute
scare
terrify
bait
afflict

perturb
confuse
beset
vex
worry
badger
intrude
pester
disquiet
heckle

irritate
hector
irk
pother
encroach
discompose
obtrude
plague
interrupt
trouble

bug
bedevil
disturb
pursue
upset
harry
discommode
break in

Antonyms

calm
comfort
delight
soothe
aid
explain
organize

assist
reassure
guard
protect
help
commend
please

clarify
clear up
order
make happy
support
be careful
cheer

Synonyms
verb preoccupy

grip
beset
consume

haunt
harass
torment

engross
dominate
hold

possess
infatuate

Synonyms
verb infest, spread over; exceed

inundate
deluge
overwhelm
choke
ravage
beset

overflow
invade
spill
permeate
surge
overstep

swarm
surpass
overspread
overshoot
overgrow
go beyond

run on
run over
spread like wildfire
well over

Antonyms

surrender
evacuate

retreat
lose

underwhelm

Synonyms
verb confuse, mix up

mystify
confound
complicate
dumbfound
bewilder
perturb
befuddle
puzzle
astound

baffle
encumber
astonish
surprise
nonplus
entangle
muck
discompose
stump

discombobulate
rattle
pose
thicken
muddle
balk
ravel
involve
thwart

fog
beset
jumble
tangle
stumble
buffalo
get to
muddy the waters
snarl up

Antonyms

enlighten
explain
explicate
calm
aid
assist

exclude
untangle
soothe
organize
clear up
clarify

bore
help
expect
untwist
order

Synonyms
verb pressure, trouble

urge
sue
force
worry
demand
push
assail
squeeze
petition
afflict

exhort
plead
importune
beset
torment
enjoin
sell
depress
compel
disquiet

vex
implore
besiege
sadden
plague
railroad
constrain
beg
entreat
harass

supplicate
oppress
come at
weigh down
pressurize
buttonhole
insist on
lean on
work on

Antonyms

dissuade
aid
comfort
delight
soothe
assist

gladden
discourage
give
help
answer
make happy

please
cheer
pull
leave alone

Synonyms
verb offend, hurt

annoy
discomfit
grudge
crab
injure
needle

harm
vex
nettle
pique
harass
persecute

beset
begrudge
gall
provoke
get even
put out

louse up
cramp style
hang up
upset the apple cart

Antonyms

aid
soothe
assist
mend

delight
forgive
make happy
please

fix
help
love

Synonyms
verb attack, rush

roar
tear
assault
stalk
rip
fume
beset
rant
rave
drizzle

aggress
thunder
scold
charge
strike
sizzle
spit
stomp
rain
squall

assail
complain
fly
rage
drop
pour
bluster
howl
carry on
come at

go on
take on
blow violently
breathe fire
burn up
set in
sound off
steam up
take by storm

Antonyms

sew
praise

be happy
downpour

Synonyms
verb devastate, affect

try
attack
hit
invade
afflict
smite

torture
aggress
excruciate
harrow
beset
assault

torment
storm
assail
martyr
wring
rack

deal a blow
fall upon
set upon

Antonyms

aid
surrender
make happy

please
tap
lose

miss
not touch
pass up

Synonyms
verb enclose, encircle something

inundate
besiege
envelop
ring
circle
beleaguer
bound
beset
gird
rim

verge
circumscribe
encompass
skirt
circumvent
border
limit
confine
blockade
compass

outline
invest
fringe
edge
environ
girdle
margin
round
loop
hem in

enclave
box in
close around
close in
close in on
fence in
go around
lay siege to
shut in

Antonyms

permit
center
release

free
allow
let go

lose

Synonyms
verb overwhelm, flood

drench
inundate
besiege
saturate
overload
beset

wash
drown
engulf
submerge
overflow
sink

satiate
surfeit
crowd
upset
snow
submerse

overcrowd
whelm
swallow up
waterlog

Antonyms

dry
float

pass up
underwhelm

Synonyms
verb be or make anxious, troubled

annoy
depress
disturb
unsettle
perturb
bother
upset
irritate
try
plague
trouble
fret
distress
afflict

beleaguer
agonize
importune
beset
torment
brood
pester
disquiet
goad
vex
hector
attack
tantalize
persecute

test
bedevil
needle
torture
writhe
wrong
stew
aggrieve
wince
bug
chafe
tease
tear
ail

harass
despair
harry
hassle
oppress
go for
take on
dun
concern oneself
feel uneasy
gnaw at
have qualms
sweat out
bite one’s nails

Antonyms

aid
soothe
comfort
appease
calm

pacify
delight
assist
reassure
make happy

please
order
help
support
not worry

Synonyms
verb plague

annoy
bother
irritate

beset
harass
torment

provoke
bug
badger

Antonyms

aid
soothe
delight
assist

explain
make happy
please
help

clarify
clear up

Synonyms
verb attack

charge
fight
beset

assault
storm
strike

assail
quarrel
go at

have at
lunge at

Antonyms

agree

make peace

Synonyms
verb surround

band
belt
beset
bind

circle
encircle
enclose
encompass

engirdle
envelop
environ
gird

girdle
hem
ring
hem in

Synonyms
verb encompass

encircle
girdle
envelop
beset

gird
environ
compass
enclose

ring
circle
belt
begird

cincture
engirdle
hem in

Antonyms

unloose
release

let go
free