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plaguenoun a widespread disease resulting in a high rate of deaththe Black Death was a plague that killed about one third of Europe's population in the Middle Ages pest, pestilence murrainepidemic, pandemicaffection, affliction, ailment, contagion, illness, infection, infirmity, malady, sicknessblight, curse, scourge to cause persistent suffering toplagued by a cough for all of last week afflict, agonize, anguish, bedevil, beset, besiege, curse, excruciate, harrow, persecute, rack, torment, torture assail, attackbadger, dog, hound, pursue, rideaggravate, agitate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, distress, disturb, exasperate, gall, get, grate, gripe, hagride, harass, harry, irk, irritate, molest, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put out, rasp, rile, vexdiscomfort, discompose, disquiet, fluster, grieve, perturb, strain, stress, trouble, try, upset, worrycrush, oppress, overpower, overwhelm, smite, strike, tyrannize, victimizehurt, pain, pang, prick, smart, stab, sting, wringmartyr abet, aid, assist, helpdeliver, release, relieve, reprievecomfort, console, content, quiet, solace, soothe, succor v.worry, annoy, harass, harry, plague, pester, tease mean to disturb or irritate by persistent acts.worry implies an incessant goading or attacking that drives one to desperation.pursued a policy of worrying the enemy annoy implies disturbing one's composure or peace of mind by intrusion, interference, or petty attacks.you're doing that just to annoy me harass implies petty persecutions or burdensome demands that exhaust one's nervous or mental power.harassed on all sides by creditors harry may imply heavy oppression or maltreatment.the strikers had been harried by thugs plague implies a painful and persistent affliction.plagued all her life by poverty pester stresses the repetition of petty attacks.constantly pestered with trivial complaints tease suggests an attempt to break down one's resistance or rouse to wrath.children teased the dog in the 14th century |