单词 | plagued |
释义 | plaguedadj.adv. 1. Afflicted by or as if by a plague; tormented. Now frequently as the second element in compounds.In quot. 1680: infected with plague or pestilent disease. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [adjective] slatc1300 bested1303 forswonga1400 vexed1440 plagued1563 molested1580 bustled1602 grieved1627 travailed1644 over-troubled1646 harassed1693 baited1720 badgered1794 gêné1806 bedevilled1827 besieged1866 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > plague or pestilence > [adjective] > infected with plagued1563 pestiferous1564 pestilential1568 plaguey1603 1563 R. Reynolds Foundacion of Rhetorike f. 35 Many haue sought to sette vp soche a monsterous state of regiment, a plagued common wealthe. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 31v Thay..Led me to deid with tormentis me slew..On lenth and breid my plagit persone drew. 1618 T. Bateson Second Set Madrigales xvii Haue all conspir'd to plague a plagued hart, alwaies careles of my carefull case. 1680 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Second Pt. I. 240 I will not set him at liberty no more than a plagued Man or a mad Dog. 1735 G. Lillo Christian Hero ii. i. 28 There is no Peace for me, while Castriot lives; Plagued and distress'd, he soars above me still; Insults my Hate, and awes me with his Virtue. 1857 Harper's Mag. Apr. 656 ‘I am told that visitors swarm around her like the frogs of Egypt.’ ‘Yes, they do; but as the plagued egyptians would have welcomed one nightingale among the frogs, so I am sure she will welcome you.’ 1894 Outing July 320/2 My..friends set out for Dover and the cholera-plagued Continent. 1918 C. W. Beebe Jungle Peace (1919) viii. 178 Light-starved and fungus-plagued, the shrub and saplings are stunted and weak. 1986 D. Koontz Strangers i. ii. 79 During the next three years, Stefan served at two more problem-plagued churches. 2001 Rockford (Illinois) Register Star (Nexis) 11 Dec. 1 b Keith portrays Valjean not as a flawless saint who hides his problematic past but as a plagued man who struggles to do right. 2. = plaguey adj. 2. Also occasionally as adv.: = plaguily adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation stinking?c1225 misbegetc1325 banned1340 cursefula1382 wariablea1382 cursedc1386 biccheda1400 maledighta1400 vilea1400 accursedc1400 whoresona1450 remauldit?1473 execrable1490 infamous1490 unbicheda1500 jolly1534 bloodyc1540 mangy?1548 pagan1550 damned1563 misbegotten1571 putid1580 desperate1581 excremental1591 inexecrable?1594 sacred1594 putrid1628 sad1664 blasted1682 plagued1728 damnation1757 infernal1764 damn1775 pesky1775 deuced1782 shocking1798 blessed1806 darned1815 dinged1821 anointed1823 goldarn1830 darn1835 cussed1837 blamed1840 unholy1842 verdomde1850 bleeding1858 ghastly1860 goddam1861 blankety1872 blame1876 bastard1877 God-awful1877 dashed1881 sodding1881 bally1885 ungodly1887 blazing1888 dee1889 motherfucking1890 blistering1900 plurry1900 Christly1910 blinking1914 blethering1915 blighted1915 blighting1916 soddish1922 somethinged1922 effing1929 Jesus1929 dagnab1934 bastarding1944 Christless1947 mother-loving1948 mothering1951 pussyclaat1957 mother-grabbing1959 pigging1970 1728 P. Walker Life A. Peden (1827) Pref. 26 Following the wicked..Example of their old plagued Resolution-Fathers. 1799 Aurora (Philadelphia) 30 Sept. in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) Faith, 'twill be Yankee like, and plagued funny. 1835 D. Webster Orig. Sc. Rhymes 125 Affectation's a' your study, Ye plagit, vile, pedantic bodie. 1887 J. C. Harris Free Joe (1888) 172 Where a man can't afford to be too plegged particular. 1991 R. Davies Murther & Walking Spirits ii. v. 49 Let them pay the score, and stop their plagued whining about Stamp Tax and Sugar Tax. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1563 |
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