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besetting
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of BESETTING
caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge <that woman's besetting need to meddle in the affairs of others>
Related Words irrepressible, uncontrollable; automatic, instinctive, involuntary, knee-jerk, reflex, spontaneous; conditioned, mechanical; unconscious, unthinking, unwitting; capricious, unpredictable, whimsical
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