Dictionary Entry
scourge
scourge is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.
- 2noun
Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.
- 3noun
To whip severely; to lash.
- 4noun
To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.
- 5noun
To harass or afflict severely.
- 6noun
a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
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- 7noun
a person who inspires fear or dread
"he was the terror of the neighborhood"
- 8noun
something causing misery or death
"the bane of my life"
- 9verb
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
- 10verb
whip
"The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
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- 11verb
punish severely; excoriate
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