Antonyms for plagued
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pleyg |
| Phonetic Transcription : pleɪg |
Definition of plagued
Origin :- late 14c., plage, "affliction, calamity, evil, scourge;" early 15c., "malignant disease," from Old French plage (14c.), from Late Latin plaga, used in Vulgate for "pestilence," from Latin plaga "stroke, wound," probably from root of plangere "to strike, lament (by beating the breast)," from or cognate with Greek (Doric) plaga "blow," from PIE *plak- (2) "to strike, to hit" (cf. Greek plazein "to drive away," plessein "to beat, strike;" Old English flocan "to strike, beat;" Gothic flokan "to bewail;" German fluchen, Old Frisian floka "to curse").
- The Latin word also is the source of Old Irish plag (genitive plaige) "plague, pestilence," German Plage, Dutch plaage. Meaning "epidemic that causes many deaths" is from 1540s; specifically in reference to bubonic plague from c.1600. Modern spelling follows French, which had plague from 15c. Weakened sense of "anything annoying" is from c.1600.
- verb annoy, disturb
- Why can they not conform to the Church, and be plagued to them?
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Joshua slept and again—as in the past—his rest was plagued with visions.
- Extract from : « The Big Tomorrow » by Paul Lohrman
- As for him, he was plagued to death; it was an abominable infliction!
- Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
- I told him I was sorry if my boarders had plagued him and I'd try to see they didn't do so any more.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The problem that so long had plagued the Tsar was solved at last.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
- "Hope the plagued old ghost didn't get him," another ventured.
- Extract from : « Pathfinder » by Alan Douglas
- I am plagued out of my life with them, but must do the best I can.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. » by Mrs. Thomson
- In a few nights afterwards the house was plagued, and the servants were pinched all night.
- Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen
- They are not in trouble like other men, neither are they plagued like other men.
- Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Every plagued one of those five Ouija boards was calling me by name!
- Extract from : « Humorous Ghost Stories » by Dorothy Scarborough
Synonyms for plagued
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