plague
verb/pleɪɡ/
/pleɪɡ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they plague | /pleɪɡ/ /pleɪɡ/ |
| he / she / it plagues | /pleɪɡz/ /pleɪɡz/ |
| past simple plagued | /pleɪɡd/ /pleɪɡd/ |
| past participle plagued | /pleɪɡd/ /pleɪɡd/ |
| -ing form plaguing | /ˈpleɪɡɪŋ/ /ˈpleɪɡɪŋ/ |
- plague somebody/something (with something) to cause pain or trouble to somebody/something over a period of time synonym trouble
- to be plagued by doubt
- Financial problems are plaguing the company.
- The team has been plagued by injury this season.
- Economic problems continued to plague the country.
- He has been plagued with leg injuries this season.
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- plague somebody (with something) to annoy somebody or create problems, especially by asking for something, demanding attention, etc. synonym hound
- Rock stars have to get used to being plagued by autograph hunters.
Word Originlate Middle English: Latin plaga ‘stroke, wound’, probably from Greek (Doric dialect) plaga, from a base meaning ‘strike’.
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