Sekirov Dictionary

besetting

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3

adjective2

•
Deeply rooted; persistent.
- Rickie would not push himself. It was his besetting sin. — 1907
Obsessive

noun1

•
The act of one who besets or attacks.
- I might also here tell you of the contests and battles that such are engaged in, wherein they find the besettings of Satan, above any other of the saints. — 1689

forms

besettings · more besetting · most besetting

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