bugged

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bugged

  • /bʌɡd/

Rhymes with -ʌɡd

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of bug

adjective more bugged · most bugged

  1. Affected by a bug (computer error). The latest version of the software is extremely bugged.

    Similar: buggy

  2. Containing a bug (interceptive listening device). I won't speak candidly since I don't know if her apartment is bugged or not.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: wired, supervised, listen, trapped, rotted, frightened, scared, irate, tapped, ired, monitored, quenched, wiretapped, wiretaps, glitched, buggered

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@misc{bugged_2026,
  title = {bugged},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bugged},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}