Plaguing

2 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.
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              Thus were they plagued
              And worn with famine.                 --Milton.
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     2. Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.
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              She will plague the man that loves her most.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     Syn: To vex; torment; distress; afflict; harass; annoy;
          tease; tantalize; trouble; molest; embarrass; perplex.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "plaguing":
     aggravating, annoying, blandishment, bothering, bothersome,
     buttonholing, cajolement, cajolery, cajoling, chafing, coaxing,
     demanding, disquieting, distressful, distressing, disturbing,
     dunning, exasperating, fretting, galling, harassing, importunate,
     importunateness, importune, importunity, insistent, irking,
     irksome, irritating, nagging, pesky, pestering, pestiferous,
     pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plying, pressing,
     pressure, provoking, teasing, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome,
     troubling, upsetting, urgency, urgent, urging, vexatious, vexing,
     wearisome, wheedling, worrisome, worrying