plague
verb [T] /pleɪɡ/Definition
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.Causing feelings of anger and displeasure › to annoy someone, especially by asking repeated questions: The children plagued him with questions all through lunch. He's been plaguing me for a loan of the book.Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
(Definition of plague verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aggravate verb (ANNOY)
- alienate verb (LOSE SUPPORT)
- anger verb
- annoy verb
- annoyance noun
- fuss verb (MAKE NERVOUS/ANGRY)
- get a rise out of idiom
- get in sb's hair idiom
- get on sb's tits idiom
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- make (sb's) hackles rise idiom
- make mischief idiom
- make sb's blood boil idiom
- nettle verb
- nuisance noun
- tread/step on sb's toes idiom
- turn sb's stomach idiom
- vex verb
- wind sb up phrasal verb (ANNOY)
- won't thank you for doing sth idiom
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