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3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Plague \Plague\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plagued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plaguing}.] 1. To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. [1913 Webster] Thus were they plagued And worn with famine. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass. [1913 Webster] She will plague the man that loves her most. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Syn: To vex; torment; distress; afflict; harass; annoy; tease; tantalize; trouble; molest; embarrass; perplex. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: plagued adj : (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers; "waters infested with sharks"; "shark-infested waters"; "the locust-overrun countryside"; "drug-plagued streets" [syn: {infested}, {overrun}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 55 Moby Thesaurus words for "plagued": annoyed, anxious, badgered, baited, bedeviled, beset, bothered, bugged, bullyragged, chivied, deviled, distressed, dogged, embarrassed, fretted, grubby, harassed, harried, haunted, heckled, hectored, hounded, inconvenienced, infested, irked, lousy, mindful, nagged, needled, nipped at, obsessed, pedicular, pediculous, persecuted, perturbed, pestered, picked on, put to it, puzzled, ragged, rankled, ratty, ravaged, remembering, sore beset, teased, teeming, tormented, troubled, unable to forget, vexed, wormy, worried, worried sick, worried stiff
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