<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence</li><li>an infectious, epidemic disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, characterized by fever, chills, and prostration, transmitted to humans from rats by means of the bites of fleas</li><li>any widespread affliction, calamity, or evil, especially one regarded as a direct punishment by God: a plague of war and desolation</li><li>any cause of trouble, annoyance, or vexation: Uninvited guests are a plague</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>torment</li><li>bother</li><li>nuisance</li></ul><hr><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>plagued, plaguing</li><li>to trouble, annoy, or torment in any manner: The question of his future plagues him with doubt</li><li>to annoy, bother, or pester: Ants plagued the picnickers</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li><p>disturb</p></li><li><p>irritate</p></li><li><p>badger</p></li><li><p>worry</p></li><li><p>fret</p></li><li><p>hector</p></li><li><p>harry</p></li><li><p>vex</p></li><li><p>harass</p></li><li><p>to smite with a plague, pestilence, death, etc.; scourge: those whom the gods had plagued</p></li><li><p>to infect with a plague; cause an epidemic in or among: diseases that still plague the natives of Ethiopia</p></li><li><p>to afflict with any evil: He was plagued by allergies all his life</p></li></ul>