bedrängen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- accost verb To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
- beleaguer verb To besiege; to surround with troops.
- besiege verb To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
- exhort verb To urge; to advise earnestly.
- heckle verb To interrupt a speaker or performer with mocking comments or aggressive questions.
- importune verb To bother, irritate, trouble.
- persecute verb To treat someone cruelly or unfairly over a long period, often because of their race, religion, or beliefs.
- solicit verb To ask for or try to obtain something, often persistently or formally.
Senses
bedrängen is used for these senses in English:
- beleaguer To vex, harass, or beset.
- besiege (transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
- besiege to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
- exhort To urge; to advise earnestly.
- heckle (transitive) To insult, tease, make fun of or badger, especially during a comedy performance.
- importune (transitive) To harass with persistent requests.
- persecute To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
- solicit (transitive) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
accost — full definition
- verb To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
- verb To join side to side; to border.
- verb To sail along the coast or side of.
- verb To approach; to come up to.
beleaguer — full definition
- verb To besiege; to surround with troops.
- verb To vex, harass, or beset.