embattled

views updated May 21 2018

em·bat·tled / emˈbatld/ • adj. (of a place or people) involved in or prepared for war, esp. because surrounded by enemy forces: the embattled Yugoslavian republics. ∎  (of a person) beset by problems or difficulties: the worst may not be over for the embattled senator.

embattled

views updated May 29 2018

embattled. See battlement.