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Definition of plagued : of Plague

Synonyms:

overrun, infested, troubled

Usage examples:

• I repeat, many of these visitors plagued him fearfully and even irritated him, but, owing to the amazing delicacy peculiar to him, he was with all patient, attentive and accessible to those who wished to see him. - "Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov", Maxim Gorky Alexander Kuprin I. A. Bunin.
• He said, also, that in the space of time he continued with them, he saw several experiments of their witchcraft, for that once when two men had offended them by refusing to comply in taking their oath and obeying their orders, they caused them immediately to be blindfolded and stopping them in holes of the earth up to their chin, ran at them as if they had been dogs, bellowing and barking as it were in their ears; and when they had plagued them awhile in this ridiculous manner they took them out, and bid them remember how they offended any of the Black Nation again, for if they did, they should not escape so well as they had at present. - "Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences", Arthur L. Hayward.
• Richard gave them to me last birthday, but I am afraid I plagued him a good deal beforehand to provoke such unusual generosity. - "Our Bessie", Rosa Nouchette Carey.