PLAGUING Synonyms
There are 30 hypernyms of the word plaguing. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for PLAGUING
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annoying | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • the act of troubling or annoying someone adjective satellite • causing irritation or annoyance | ||||||||
distressing | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing distress or worry or anxiety • bad; unfortunate | ||||||||
haunting | verb, adverb, noun, adjectivev, adv, n, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • continually recurring to the mind • having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect | ||||||||
pestering | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing irritation or annoyance | ||||||||
pestilent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • exceedingly harmful • likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease | ||||||||
torturing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason adjective satellite • extremely painful | ||||||||
troubling | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing distress or worry or anxiety | ||||||||
vexing | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • extremely annoying or displeasing • causing irritation or annoyance | ||||||||
worrying | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
noun • the act of harassing someone • the act of moving something by repeated tugs or pushes adjective satellite • causing distress or worry or anxiety | ||||||||
afflicting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • cause great unhappiness for; distress • cause physical pain or suffering in | ||||||||
bedeviling | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • To harass or cause trouble for; to plague. • To perplex or bewilder. noun • An act by which somebody is bedevilled; causing of trouble; harassment. | ||||||||
besetting | adjectiveadj | |||||||
verb • annoy continually or chronically • assail or attack on all sides: • decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) | ||||||||
harassing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • annoy continually or chronically • exhaust by attacking repeatedly | ||||||||
oppressing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority • cause to suffer | ||||||||
persecuting | verbv | |||||||
verb • cause to suffer | ||||||||
tormenting | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • unbearable physical pain • extreme mental distress • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented • a severe affliction • the act of harassing someone verb • torment emotionally or mentally • treat cruelly • subject to torture | ||||||||
pest | nounn | |||||||
noun • a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal • any epidemic disease with a high death rate • a persistently annoying person • any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. | ||||||||
pestilence | nounn | |||||||
noun • a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal • any epidemic disease with a high death rate • a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of | ||||||||
beset | verbv | |||||||
verb • annoy continually or chronically • assail or attack on all sides: • decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) | ||||||||
blight | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a state or condition being blighted • any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting verb • cause to suffer a blight | ||||||||