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  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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  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