plagued
Beset by problems
Plagued means afflicted or tormented, especially persistently.
Someone plagued by doubts suffers from recurring uncertainty.
A project plagued with delays faces repeated setbacks.
The word comes from plague—the deadly disease—but now applies to any persistent trouble: The team has been plagued by injuries all season.
To be plagued is to be beset, hounded, unable to escape the problem.
Sustained experience of distress
- tormentedSubjected to severe distress
- strickenSeriously affected by adversity
- besetTroubled on all sides
- beleagueredPersistently harassed or troubled
besieged · troubled · cursed · haunted · dogged · hounded · bedeviled · overwhelmed
Annoyed with persistence
- badgeredPersistently pressured someone
- houndedPersistently pursued or pressured
- naggedComplained repeatedly at someone
- botheredAnnoyed or disturbed
tormented · hassled · annoyed · persecuted · stalked · bullied · hectored · pressured
Widespread disease occurrence
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
pestilence · affliction · sickness · illness · virus · cholera · typhoid · smallpox
Under a malevolent spell
- hexedPlaced under curse
- jinxedAfflicted with misfortune
- damnedCondemned to hell
- accursedUnder a baleful spell
bewitched · doomed · ill-fated · blighted · star-crossed · evil eye · malediction · spell
suffering
Sustained experience of distress
- tormentedSubjected to severe distress
- strickenSeriously affected by adversity
- besetTroubled on all sides
beleaguered · besieged · troubled · cursed · haunted · dogged · hounded · bedeviled · overwhelmed · burdened
pestered
Annoyed with persistence
- badgeredPersistently pressured someone
- houndedPersistently pursued or pressured
- naggedComplained repeatedly at someone
bothered · tormented · hassled · annoyed · persecuted · stalked · bullied · hectored · pressured · pursued
epidemic
Widespread disease occurrence
infection · pestilence · affliction · sickness · illness · virus · cholera · typhoid · smallpox · influenza
cursed
Under a malevolent spell
accursed · bewitched · doomed · ill-fated · blighted · star-crossed · evil eye · malediction · spell · omen
relentless
Continuing without pause
perpetual · incessant · unrelenting · recurring · continuous · ongoing · unabating · enduring · nagging · persistent
plaguedrelieved
No longer anxious
comforted · soothed · eased · untroubled · consoled
- avoid like the plagueEvade with extreme caution
- the plagueDevastating infectious epidemic
- avoided like the plagueIntensely, deliberately evaded
- bubonic plagueYersinia pestis infection
- avoiding like the plagueExtreme deliberate evasion
- plague doctorEpidemic-treating masked physician