plaguing
Causing ongoing distress
Plaguing is the present participle of plague, carrying its senses of tormenting, afflicting, or persistently bothering.
A region may be plagued by drought, a project plagued by delays, or a person plagued by doubts.
The word suggests ongoing trouble that won't let up: Injuries have been plaguing the team all season.
What's been plaguing you lately?
Causing severe distress
- afflictingCausing ongoing distress
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
misery · anguish · distress · woe · blight · scourge · curse · ailment
Persistent unwanted attention
- badgeringPersistent harassment or nagging
- houndingPersistently pursuing or pressuring
- naggingPersistent bothering or complaining
- botheringCausing irritation repeatedly
annoying · harassing · heckling · taunting · persecuting · stalking · bullying · intimidating
Continuing without pause
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- chronicPersisting over time
recurring · constant · continual · unabating · enduring · protracted · ongoing · unceasing
Sudden eruption of trouble
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
virus · spread · infestation · contamination · disease · pathogen · epidemic · quarantine
tormenting
Causing severe distress
- afflictingCausing ongoing distress
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
agony · misery · anguish · distress · woe · blight · scourge · curse · ailment · malady
pestering
Persistent unwanted attention
- badgeringPersistent harassment or nagging
- houndingPersistently pursuing or pressuring
- naggingPersistent bothering or complaining
bothering · annoying · harassing · heckling · taunting · persecuting · stalking · bullying · intimidating · provoking
relentless
Continuing without pause
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
chronic · recurring · constant · continual · unabating · enduring · protracted · ongoing · unceasing · nagging
outbreak
Sudden eruption of trouble
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
infection · virus · spread · infestation · contamination · disease · pathogen · epidemic · quarantine · transmission
- harassment tacticsharassment, hounding, pestering, badgering, nagging
- irritatingannoying, aggravating, bothersome, exasperating, frustrating
plaguingcomforting
Giving emotional ease
soothing · reassuring · consoling · calming · easing
plaguingleaving alone
Ceasing to disturb
releasing · freeing · letting go · sparing · liberating
plaguingrelieving
Reducing discomfort or strain
alleviating · unburdening · liberating · lightening · assuaging