besetting

About 0.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of beset
2. noun The act of one who besets or attacks.
3. adjective Deeply rooted; persistent.
4. adjective Obsessive

Similar words

facing bashing weighing shaking afflicting confronting bedevilling prevailing plaguing affecting

Often followed by

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