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Synonyms of beleaguered in English:

beleaguered


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adjective

1‘English forces came to relieve the beleaguered garrison’

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besieged, under siege, blockaded, surrounded, encircled, hemmed in, under attack

2‘she mobilized popular support behind her beleaguered government’

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hard-pressed, troubled, in difficulties, under pressure, under stress, with one's back to the wall, in a tight corner, in a tight spot
informal up against it
British informal under the cosh