bugged
Fitted with microphones
Bugged has two main senses.
Something bugged is fitted with a hidden listening device: The room was bugged.
More commonly, bugged describes being annoyed or bothered: I'm still bugged by what she said.
The adjective comes from the verb bug, meaning to pester or to plant surveillance equipment.
Secretly recorded communications
- monitoredObserved systematically over time
- eavesdroppedHeard private conversation covertly
- tappedStruck gently or selected
- surveilledKept under close watch
listened in · intercepted · recorded · tracked · watched · snooped · wired · transmitter
Slightly angered or bothered
- botheredAnnoyed or disturbed
- pesteredAnnoyed with persistence
- aggravatedIntensified or vexed
- irkedMildly angered
vexed · exasperated · nettled · harassed · provoked · galled · chafed · displeased
wiretapped
Secretly recorded communications
- monitoredObserved systematically over time
- eavesdroppedHeard private conversation covertly
- tappedStruck gently or selected
surveilled · listened in · intercepted · recorded · tracked · watched · snooped · wired · transmitter · hidden microphone
irritated
Slightly angered or bothered
- botheredAnnoyed or disturbed
- pesteredAnnoyed with persistence
- aggravatedIntensified or vexed
irked · vexed · exasperated · nettled · harassed · provoked · galled · chafed · displeased · miffed
insects
Six-legged arthropods
termites · bedbugs · ants · fleas · lice · mites · mosquitoes · rats · mice · infestation
malfunctioning
Operating incorrectly or failing
broken · faulty · defective · corrupted · laggy · error-prone · unstable · buggy · patch · fix
- drove someone nutsannoyed, irritated, frustrated, aggravated, exasperated
- Spy Fictionspy, secret agent, double agent, MI6, CIA
- malfunction termsbroke, crashed, failed, froze, glitched
- examinedobserved, watched, inspected, studied, surveyed
buggedpleased
Feeling satisfaction or joy
unbothered · content · calm · untroubled · satisfied
- bugged outFled suddenly, informally
- bugging outHasty emergency departure
- bugging devicesConcealed audio recorders