plague
noun
1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
Similar word(s): pest, pestilence
Definition categories: state
2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
Similar word(s): pest, pestilence
Definition categories: state
3. a swarm of insects that attack plants
- a plague of grasshoppers
Similar word(s): infestation
Definition categories: group, cloud, swarm
4. any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
Definition categories: event, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy
5. an annoyance
- those children are a damn plague
Definition categories: thought, annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain
Sentences with plague as a noun:
- Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go.
- Bart is an utter plague; his pranks never cease.
verb
1. cause to suffer a blight
Similar word(s): blight
Definition categories: weather, afflict, smite
2. annoy continually or chronically
Similar word(s): beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, provoke
Definition categories: emotion, annoy, bother, chafe, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex
Sentences with plague as a verb:
- Natural catastrophes plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland.