plague n
1 contagion, disease, epidemic, infection, lurgi (informal) pandemic, pestilence
2 (figurative) affliction, bane, blight, calamity, cancer, curse, evil, scourge, torment, trial
3 (informal) aggravation (informal) annoyance, bother, hassle (informal) irritant, nuisance, pain (informal) pest, problem, thorn in one's flesh, vexation vb
4 afflict, annoy, badger, bedevil, be on one's back (slang) bother, disturb, fret, get in one's hair (informal) get on one's nerves (informal) harass, harry, hassle (informal) haunt, molest, pain, persecute, pester, tease, torment, torture, trouble, vex