What is another word for plagued ?

breathed down someone's neck

Past tense for to annoy or bother repeatedly or greatly

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

gotten on your nerves

got in your hair

drove round the bend

driven round the bend

rubbed up the wrong way

tantalized^US

agonized^US

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

tantalised^UK

victimized^US

agonised^UK

victimised^UK

hurt somebody's feelings

antagonized^US

antagonised^UK

pressurized^US

driven round the twist

drove round the twist

pressurised^UK

given someone the hump

gave someone the hump

made somebody's hackles rise

made it hot for someone

made things hot for someone

put someone's nose out of joint

gotten under your skin

driven to distraction

drove to distraction

given someone the pip

satirized^US

belaboured^UK

caviled^US

cavilled^UK

discriminated against

brought pressure to bear on

satirised^UK

belabored^US

inflicted suffering on

gotten on one's nerves

got on one's nerves

got the knife into

sticked the knife into

taken the piss out of

pushed the buttons of

caused someone distress

rattled someone's cage

ruffled one's feathers

drove you up the wall

driven you up the wall

gotten up someone's nose

got up someone's nose

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

rubbed you up the wrong way

made you see red

setted one's teeth on edge

worked up

tried the patience of

put someone off their stroke

sticked in one's craw

put on edge

got your hackles up

gotten your hackles up

made an enemy of somebody

slurred

humiliated

played dirty

caused someone to lose their composure

criticised^UK

criticized^US

made somebody's blood boil

pushed someon's buttons

made someone scratch their head

gotten on the wrong side of

got on the wrong side of

drove you to distraction

driven you to distraction

trod on someone's toes

trodden on someone's toes

given offence

gave offence

driven you round the twist

drove you round the bend

drove you round the twist

driven you round the bend

drove you off your head

driven you off your head

given a zinger

given the cold shoulder

gave a zinger

gave the cold shoulder

drove out of mind

driven you out of your mind

drove you out of your mind

driven out of mind

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“Almost from the first, he had begun to plague her with his attentions.”

Verb

Past tense for to cause continual anguish or distress to

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

agonised^UK

agonized^US

labored^US

laboured^UK

made severe demands on

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“This was another interesting aspect to Washington, as financial troubles would plague him his entire life.”

Verb

Past tense for to be preoccupied with a single thought, topic or emotion

“The idea that ancient aliens built the great pyramids would plague Giorgio for years to come.”

Verb

Past tense for to continually intimidate someone, such as with threats

pressurised^UK

pressurized^US

used strong-arm tactics on

rode roughshod over

ridden roughshod over

scared the bejesus out of

twisted someone's arm

put under an obligation

brought pressure to bear on

put through the wringer

breathed down someone's neck

held a gun to one's head

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“Heyling harvests the old man's outstanding bills and has his attorney plague him with threats of arrest and imprisonment.”

Verb

Past tense for to put down or control by cruelty or force

oppressed

subjugated

ridden roughshod over

ruled with a rod of iron

ruled with an iron hand

victimized^US

victimised^UK

brutalized^US

brought someone to their knees

brutalised^UK

gained ascendancy over

played the heavy with

had someone under your thumb

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Verb

Past tense for to fill or permeate, especially with something undesirable

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

colonized^US

colonised^UK

coloured^UK

colored^US

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Verb

Past tense for to cause to become tired, weary or fatigued

Verb

Past tense for to persuade someone to do something

Verb

Past tense for to effectively force (someone) to do something

Verb

Past tense for to follow or chase after

Adjective

at the end of your tether

Troubled or tormented, typically due to trauma or something unpleasant

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

with your back to the wall

pressurized^US

with one's back up against the wall

in a state

pressurised^UK

hot and bothered

hunted

at the end of one's rope

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Adjective

Having been subjected to oppression

tied to someone's apron strings

persecuted

victimised^UK

victimized^US

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

in fear of one's partner

subjected to nagging

without a mind of one's own

Adjective

Suffering from a particular illness, pain, distress, or disability

traumatized^US

agonized^US

traumatised^UK

agonised^UK

racked with suffering

sombre^UK

somber^US

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Adjective

Infested with insects

Adjective

Burdened or weighed down, especially by a mass of something unpleasant

Adjective

like a cat on a hot tin roof

Having thoughts occupied with unpleasant things or events that have happened or that may happen

in a state of agitation

with one's stomach in knots

shaking in one's shoes

with your heart in your mouth

having butterflies in the stomach

waiting with bated breath

waiting for the axe to fall

trepidatious

like a cat on hot bricks

like a fish out of water

fearfully anticipating

nervously awaiting

apprehensively expecting

having a funny feeling

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Adjective