Meaning & use
plaguing
Causing continual trouble, suffering, or annoyance to someone over a period of time.
See it in a sentence
Doubts about the decision had been plaguing him for weeks.
A series of technical failures kept plaguing the launch schedule.
A note on using this word
"Plaguing" is the present participle of "plague," used here as a verb rather than in its more familiar noun sense of "disease."
Words with a similar meaning
tormentingafflicting
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Words with an opposite meaning
relievingsoothing
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