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

1. noun. A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.
2. noun. Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.
3. noun. To whip severely; to lash.
4. noun. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.
5. noun. To harass or afflict severely.
6. noun. a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)

   Synonyms: flagellum

7. noun. a person who inspires fear or dread

   "he was the terror of the neighborhood"

   Synonyms: terror, threat

8. noun. something causing misery or death

   "the bane of my life"

   Synonyms: bane, curse, nemesis

9. verb. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

   "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

   Synonyms: desolate, devastate, ravage, waste

10. verb. whip

    "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

    Synonyms: flagellate

11. verb. punish severely; excoriate

Synonyms

flagellum, terror, threat, bane, curse, nemesis, desolate, devastate, ravage, waste, flagellate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in scourge:

scrouge

Common word forms

scourged, scourger, scourges, scourging

Words from these letters

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