annoying, irritating; bothersome, harassing
bother, harass; annoy, pester
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Plaguing Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Plague
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. Aboutof Plague
Noun
1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)
(hypernym) epidemic disease
(hyponym) bubonic plague
(derivation) blight
2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
(synonym) pestilence
(hypernym) epidemic disease
(derivation) blight
3. a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers"
(synonym) infestation
(hypernym) swarm, cloud
(derivation) blight
4. any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
(hypernym) calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
5. an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
(hypernym) annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
(derivation) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, molest, provoke
(classification) colloquialism
Verb
1. cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
(synonym) blight
(hypernym) afflict, smite
(derivation) infestation
2. annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
(synonym) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, molest, provoke
(hypernym) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
(hyponym) needle, goad
