besieged
Surrounded by enemies or crowds, or overwhelmed by many requests.
besieged in a sentence
- The besieged castle held out for months until help arrived.
- The pop star was besieged by fans asking for autographs.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to besieged?
- Asurrounded
- Bfree
- Cliberated
- Drelieved
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A: surrounded. The other three mean the opposite of besieged.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to besieged?
- Asurrounded
- Boverwhelmed
- Cswamped
- Dliberated
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D: liberated. The other three mean nearly the same as besieged.
Words that mean something similar
surrounded, overwhelmed, swamped
Words that mean the opposite
liberated, free, relieved
More words about places & settings
- bustling: Full of busy, noisy activity.
- cavern: A very large cave.
- chaotic: Completely confused and without any order.
- chasm: A very deep crack or gap in the ground.
- crevice: A narrow crack in rock or a wall.
- dank: Unpleasantly damp, cold and musty, like the inside of a cave.
- debris: The broken bits and pieces left scattered after something is destroyed.
- derelict: Empty, abandoned and falling to pieces.
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Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test