(of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one

twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother

touching (emotions); lingering (illness)

to annoy; to bother; to harass

troublesome; hard to deal with

to be in a tangle; to nag

(usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with

to intertwine; to intermingle

to pester

to involve; to entangle sb