plague

Definitions

1. 1noun

   That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.

2. 2noun

   An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague.

3. 3transitive verb

   To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.

4. 4transitive verb

   Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.

5. 5noun

   an annoyance

   "those children are a damn plague"

6. 6noun

   any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)

7. 7noun

   a swarm of insects that attack plants

   "a plague of grasshoppers"

   Synonyms

   infestation
8. 8noun

   any epidemic disease with a high death rate

   Synonyms

   pestpestilence
9. 9noun

   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

   Synonyms

   pestpestilencepestis
10. 10verb

    annoy continually or chronically

    "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"

    "This man harasses his female co-workers"

    Synonyms

    besetchevvychevychivvychivyharassharryhasslemolestprovoke
11. 11verb

    cause to suffer a blight

    "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"

    Synonyms

    blight