Plagued

Synonyms for "plagued" (78 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Verb(8 words)

afflict afflictedbe afflicted bybe beset bybedevil bedevilled beleaguer beleaguered

annoyed anxious badgered baited bedeviled beset bothered bugged

Strong matches (23)

bullyragged chivied deviled distressed dogged downtrodden embarrassed fretted grubby harassed harried haunted heckled hectored hounded inconvenienced infested irked

Verb(5 words)

deeply distresseddisease-ridden distressed harass harassed

Related words (39)

lousy mindful nagged needlednipped atobsessed pedicular pediculous persecuted perturbed pesteredpicked onput to itpuzzled ragged rankled ratty ravaged remembering smitten

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sore besetteased teeming tormented troubledunable to forgetvexed wormy worriedworried sickworried stiff

Verb(7 words)

overburdened plague-stricken riddenseverely troubledsuffer fromtorment troubled

Adjective(1 words)

riven

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More general

9 entries

afflictdescriptive adjectiveemphatic descriptorepidemiological descriptorexperience difficultyhistorical termintensifier adjectivenegative descriptortrouble

More specific

12 entries

beleaguercrime riddendisease riddenepidemic-stricken harry hinder impede overburdened plague-strickenproblem riddenstress-ridden torment

Collocations

12 entries

corruption plagued regimecrime plagued districtdisease ridden populationplague-stricken areaplagued by corruptionplagued by delaysplagued by diseaseplagued by droughtplagued by outbreaksplagued cityplagued economyplagued with problems

Inflections

4 entries

more plaguedmost plaguedplagues plaguing

Derivations

4 entries

plague plaguedness plaguey plaguing

Sample sentences

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Many of Europe's metropolises are plagued by the doughnut phenomenon.

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The German Chancellor is plagued by immigration problems.

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The project was plagued by uncertainties from the very beginning, and the team could not draw any decisive conclusions.

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Brazilians are plagued by high prices.

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