Antonyms for be set
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : bih-set |
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈsɛt |
- agree
- aid
- allow
- answer
- appease
- assist
- at ease
- balanced
- be careful
- be happy
- be honest
- be lazy
- be upright
- bore
- calm
- center
- certain
- cheer
- clarify
- clear up
- collected
- comfort
- comforted
- command
- commend
- compliment
- composed
- compress
- content
- cool
- decrease
- defend
- delight
- discourage
- disenchanted
- dissuade
- downpour
- dry
- empty
- encourage
- enlighten
- evacuate
- exclude
- exonerate
- expect
- explain
- explicate
- fail
- fix
- float
- forgive
- free
- give
- gladden
- guard
- halt
- happy
- help
- indifferent
- leave
- leave alone
- let go
- lose
- love
- make happy
- make peace
- mend
- miss
- not touch
- not worry
- order
- organize
- pacify
- pass up
- peaceful
- permit
- please
- pleased
- praise
- protect
- pull
- quiet
- reassure
- refuse
- release
- relieve
- reply
- resist
- retreat
- sane
- settle
- settled
- sew
- shelter
- shield
- slough off
- solace
- soothe
- sound
- stand
- stay away from
- stop
- straighten
- submit
- support
- sure
- surrender
- sustain
- take care of
- tap
- unconcerned
- underwhelm
- unloose
- untangle
- untroubled
- untwist
- unworried
- uphold
- withstand
- yield
Definition of be set
Origin :- Old English besettan "to put, place; own, keep; occupy, settle; cover, surround with, besiege," from Proto-Germanic *bisatjan (cf. Old Saxon bisettjan, Dutch bezetten, Old High German bisezzan, German besetzen, Gothic bisatjan); see be- + set (v.). The figurative sense also was in Old English. Related: Beset (past tense); besetting.
- As in infest : adj flood, overrun
- As in obsessed : adj consumed, driven about belief, desire
- As in infested : adj overrun
- As in troubled : adj worried
- As in embattled : adj at war
- As in harried : adj pressured
- As in lie : verb be situated
- As in molest : verb bother, annoy
- As in assail : verb attack, usually with words
- As in assault : verb attack
- As in obsess : verb preoccupy
- As in overrun : verb infest, spread over; exceed
- As in attack : verb assault physically
- As in perplex : verb confuse, mix up
- As in press : verb pressure, trouble
- As in spite : verb offend, hurt
- As in storm : verb attack, rush
- As in strike : verb devastate, affect
- As in surround : verb enclose, encircle something
- As in swamp : verb overwhelm, flood
- As in beleaguer : verb harass, besiege
- As in beset : verb plague; hem in
- As in besiege : verb surround; assault
- As in worry : verb be or make anxious, troubled
- As in bedevil : verb plague
- As in bombard : verb assault, attack
- As in aggress : verb attack
- As in begird : verb surround
- As in girt : verb encompass
- As in coerce : verb compel, press
- As in compass : verb enclose
- As in afflict : verb cause or become hurt
- As in encompass : verb surround, circumscribe
- As in haunt : verb visit as a spirit
- As in hem/hem in : verb enclose, restrict
- As in importune : verb demand, insist
Synonyms for be set
- abound
- abuse
- advance
- afflict
- afraid
- aggravated
- aggress
- aggrieve
- agitate
- agitated
- agonize
- ail
- alarmed
- ambush
- anguished
- annoy
- annoyed
- anxious
- appall
- appeal
- appear
- apprehensive
- ask
- assail
- assault
- astonish
- astound
- at wit's end
- attack
- badger
- baffle
- bait
- balk
- band
- barrage
- bash
- bat
- batter
- be
- be beside
- be buried
- be established
- be even
- be ever present
- be fixed
- be found
- be interred
- be level
- be located
- be on
- be placed
- be seated
- be smooth
- bean
- beat
- bedevil
- bedeviled
- befuddle
- beg
- begird
- begrudge
- beleaguer
- belong
- belt
- berate
- beseech
- beset
- besiege
- bewilder
- bewitched
- biff
- bind
- bite one's nails
- blast
- blister
- blitz
- blockade
- blow violently
- bluster
- boff
- bomb
- bombard
- boot
- bop
- border
- bother
- bothered
- bound
- box in
- brain
- break in
- breathe fire
- brood
- browbeat
- buffalo
- bug
- bulldoze
- bully
- burden
- burn up
- bushwhack
- bust
- buttonhole
- cage
- cannonade
- captivated
- carry on
- catapult
- chafe
- chagrined
- charge
- choke
- chop down
- cincture
- circle
- circumscribe
- circumvent
- clip
- clock
- close around
- close in
- close in on
- club
- combat
- come at
- come at from all sides
- come back
- come down on
- compass
- compel
- complain
- complicate
- con
- concern oneself
- concerned
- concuss
- confine
- confound
- confuse
- confused
- congregate
- constrain
- consume
- controlled
- cook
- corral
- cow
- crab
- cramp style
- crave
- crawl
- crenelated
- criticize
- crowd
- crowded
- crucify
- deal a blow
- defile
- define
- deluge
- demand
- depress
- despair
- discombobulate
- discombobulated
- discomfit
- discommode
- discompose
- disconcerted
- displeased
- disquiet
- disquieted
- distraught
- distress
- distressed
- disturb
- disturbed
- dog
- dogged
- dominate
- dominated
- dragoon
- drench
- drive
- drive up the wall
- drizzle
- drop
- drown
- dumbfound
- dun
- dwell
- eat sleep and breathe
- edge
- egg on
- embarrass
- encircle
- enclave
- enclose
- encompass
- encounter
- encroach
- encumber
- engirdle
- engross
- engrossed
- engulf
- enjoin
- entangle
- entreat
- envelop
- environ
- exacerbated
- excruciate
- exhort
- exist
- extend
- fall on
- fall upon
- fearful
- feel uneasy
- fence
- fence in
- fiendish
- fight
- fighting
- fill
- fire upon
- fixated
- float
- flock
- flustered
- fly
- fog
- force
- fortified
- fret
- frighten
- frightened
- fringe
- full
- fume
- gall
- get even
- get to
- gird
- girdle
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- give one the business
- give the needle
- gnaw
- gnaw at
- go around
- go at
- go beyond
- go for
- go on
- goad
- goose
- grieve
- grip
- gripped
- grudge
- hang up
- harass
- harassed
- hard-pressed
- harm
- harried
- harrow
- harrowed
- harry
- hassle
- haul off on
- haunt
- haunted
- have at
- have its seat in
- have on the brain
- have qualms
- heckle
- hector
- hedge in
- held
- hem
- hem in
- high pressure
- hinder
- hit
- hold
- hooked
- hound
- hover
- howl
- hung up on
- hurt
- immersed in
- immure
- impel
- implore
- importune
- impugn
- in a tizzy
- inconvenienced
- infatuate
- infatuated
- infect
- infest
- infiltrate
- inhabit
- injure
- insist on
- interrupt
- intimidate
- into
- intrude
- inundate
- invade
- invest
- invoke
- involve
- irk
- irked
- irritate
- irritated
- jammed
- jumble
- jump
- jump down one's throat
- jump on one's case
- kick
- knock block off
- knock cold
- knock for a loop
- lacerate
- lambaste
- larrup
- launch
- lay into
- lay siege to
- lean on
- let have it
- light into
- limit
- loop
- louse up
- lunge at
- madden
- make
- make an offer they can't refuse
- malign
- maltreat
- manifest
- margin
- martyr
- materialize
- menace
- miffed
- molest
- mortified
- muck
- muddle
- muddy the waters
- mug
- mystify
- nag
- needle
- nettle
- nonplus
- nudge
- oblige
- obsess
- obtrude
- occupy
- open fire
- oppress
- outline
- overcrowd
- overflow
- overgrow
- overload
- overpowered
- overrun
- overshoot
- overspread
- overstep
- overwhelm
- overwhelmed
- overwrought
- pack
- pain
- pained
- pen
- penetrate
- permeate
- perplex
- perplexed
- persecute
- persuade
- perturb
- perturbed
- pervade
- pester
- pestered
- petition
- pick on
- pique
- plague
- plagued
- plead
- pollute
- pose
- possess
- possessed
- pother
- pounce upon
- pound
- pour
- pray
- preoccupied
- prepared
- prepossessed
- press
- pressurize
- prevail
- prey on
- provoke
- provoked
- punch
- pursue
- push
- put out
- put the squeeze on
- put upon
- puzzle
- puzzled
- quarrel
- rack
- rage
- raid
- railroad
- rain
- rant
- rape
- rattle
- ravage
- rave
- ravel
- reach
- really into
- reappear
- recur
- remain
- repress
- restrict
- return
- revile
- ride
- riled
- rim
- ring
- rip
- rise
- roar
- round
- ruffled
- ruin
- run on
- run over
- rush
- sadden
- satiate
- saturate
- scare
- scared
- scold
- seized
- sell
- set in
- set upon
- shaken
- shell
- shoot down
- shotgun
- shut
- shut in
- siege
- sink
- sizzle
- skirt
- slam
- slap around
- slog
- smite
- snarl up
- snow
- soak
- solicit
- sound off
- spill
- spit
- spook
- spread
- spread like wildfire
- squall
- squeeze
- stab
- stalk
- start in on
- stay with
- steam up
- stew
- stomp
- storm
- strafe
- stressed
- stretch
- strike
- strong-arm
- stumble
- stump
- submerge
- submerse
- sue
- supplicate
- suppress
- surfeit
- surge
- surpass
- surprise
- surround
- swallow up
- swarm
- sweat out
- take by storm
- take on
- take the offensive
- taken over
- tangle
- tantalize
- tear
- tease
- teem
- terrified
- terrify
- terrorize
- test
- thicken
- threaten
- throng
- thunder
- thwart
- tied up
- torment
- tormented
- torture
- tortured
- trap
- trash
- trouble
- troubled
- try
- turn on
- turned on
- twist one's arm
- uneasy
- unsettle
- unsettled
- up to here in
- upset
- upset the apple cart
- urge
- verge
- vex
- vexed
- vilify
- violate
- voodoo
- walk
- wallop
- wash
- waterlog
- weigh down
- weigh on
- well over
- whelm
- whop
- wince
- work on
- work over
- worried
- worried stiff
- worry
- wound
- wound up with
- wrapped up in
- wring
- writhe
- wrong
- zap
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