Beset and Storm

Similar meaning words

Beset verb - To take sudden, violent action against.

Usage example: the unsuspecting tourists were suddenly beset by robbers

Show all Definitions

Storm is a synonym for beset in action topic. In some cases you can use "Storm" instead a verb "Beset", when it comes to topics like attack, plague.

Storm verb - To take sudden, violent action against.

Usage example: the pirates stormed the ship, easily taking the whole crew as their prisoners

Show all Definitions

Beset is a synonym for storm in attack topic. Sometimes you can use "Beset" instead a verb "Storm".

Nearby Words: stormy, storming, stormed

Ling arrives at the Great Hall of Benign Virtue for the full moon ancestral rites, but is beset by a phantom snake and a freak storm.

Source: Grand Unified Timeline / Classical Antiquity
This creates a paradox of such scale that the future is beset by a time storm while threatens to engulf the Earth if allowed to spread.

Source: Series / 12 Monkeys
In "The Rightful King" when Prince Fergus' stepbrother Art assumes the throne, there's a severe storm on the day of his coronation and the land is beset by war, famine and blighted crops, which the druids say are signs of a usurper.

Source: Fisher King

Cite this Source

Storm and Beset. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beset/storm

Beset & Storm. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/beset/storm>.

Storm or Beset. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/beset/storm.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "beset" and "storm" have occurred on timeline