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PLAGUED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of plague 2. to cause worry, pain, or difficulty to someone or…. Learn more.
Kids Definition. especially : a serious disease that is caused by a bacterium, occurs or has occurred in several forms including bubonic plague, and is usually passed to human beings from infected rodents and especially rats by the bite of a flea or is passed directly from person to person.
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Synonyms for PLAGUED: tormented, provoked, frustrated, aggravated, bedeviled, tortured, tested, vexed; Antonyms of PLAGUED: satisfied, pleased, happy, content, delighted, calm, serene, placid.
uk / pleɪɡ / us / pleɪɡ /. C2. to cause worry, pain, or difficulty to someone or something over a period of time: Financial problems have been plaguing their new business partners. My shoulder's been plaguing me all week.
The questions plagued her until one evening when the black car returned. The situation in Europe plagued him, as did the declining number of Guardians. Some people are plagued by frequent infections.
verb (used with object) , plagued, pla·guing. to trouble, annoy, or torment in any manner: The question of his future plagues him with doubt. to annoy, bother, or pester: Ants plagued the picnickers. Synonyms: disturb, irritate, badger, worry, fret, hector, harry, vex, harass.
n. 1. an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence. 2. an infectious, epidemic disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, characterized by fever, chills, and prostration, transmitted to humans from rats by means of the bites of fleas. Compare bubonic plague.
to be plagued by doubt; Financial problems are plaguing the company. The team has been plagued by injury this season. Economic problems continued to plague the country. He has been plagued with leg injuries this season. Topics Difficulty and failure c2
to annoy, bother, or pester: Ants plagued the picnickers. to smite with a plague, pestilence, death, etc.; scourge: those whom the gods had plagued. to infect with a plague; cause an epidemic in or among: diseases that still plague the natives of Ethiopia. to afflict with any evil: He was plagued by allergies all his life.
