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PLAGUING Synonyms

There are 30 synonyms of the word plaguing. (exact relations)
There are 30 hypernyms of the word plaguing. (close relations)
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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

Best Hypernyms For PLAGUING

Here is a list of related hypernyms for plaguing, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (25)
bother afflict annoy annoyance botheration calamity cataclysm catastrophe chafe cloud devil disaster gravel infliction irritate nark nettle nuisance pain rag rile smite swarm tragedy vex
Phrases (5)
epidemic diseaseget atget topain in the asspain in the neck

Alternatives for ANNOYING

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