Definition of Plague
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Epidemic Disease
Specialized synonyms: Bubonic Plague, Glandular Plague, Pestis Bubonica, Plague Pneumonia, Pneumonic Plague, Pulmonic Plague, Septicemic Plague
2. Verb. Cause to suffer a blight. "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
3. Noun. Any epidemic disease with a high death rate.
Generic synonyms: Epidemic Disease
Derivative terms: Pestilent, Pestilential, Plaguey
4. Verb. Annoy continually or chronically. "The performance is likely to plague Sue"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
Specialized synonyms: Goad, Needle, Bedevil, Crucify, Dun, Frustrate, Rag, Torment, Haze
Generic synonyms: Annoy, Bother, Chafe, Devil, Get At, Get To, Gravel, Irritate, Nark, Nettle, Rag, Rile, Vex
Derivative terms: Harasser, Harassment, Harrier, Hassle, Molestation, Provocation, Provocative, Provoker
5. Noun. A swarm of insects that attack plants. "A plague of grasshoppers"
6. Noun. Any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God).
7. Noun. An annoyance. "Those children are a damn plague"
Language type: Colloquialism
Derivative terms: Plaguey, Plaguy
Definition of Plague
1. n. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.
2. v. t. To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.
Definition of Plague
1. to harass or torment [v PLAGUED, PLAGUING, PLAGUES]
Medical Definition of Plague
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1. To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. "Thus were they plagued And worn with famine." (Milton)
2. To vex; to tease; to harass. "She will plague the man that loves her most." (Spenser)
Synonym: To vex, torment, distress, afflict, harass, annoy, tease, tantalize, trouble, molest, embarrass, perplex.
Origin: Plagued; Plaguing.
1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation. "And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail." (Wyclif) "The different plague of each calamity." (Shak)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Plague
Literary usage of Plague
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"They placed a plague-infected rat and a number of fleas in a cage enclosed ...
Fleas transferred from rats that had died of plague to healthy rats produced ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"After a short reference to the history of plague, he said it was possible ...
After giving a description of the plague bacillus, Dr. Calmette said plague ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"In 1834 plague existed eight months at Alexandria before passing to Damietta and
... Twenty-five ships, eight of which were infected with plague, ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"They placed a plague-infected rat and a number of fleas in a cage enclosed ...
Fleas transferred from rats that had died of plague to healthy rats produced ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"After a short reference to the history of plague, he said it was possible ...
After giving a description of the plague bacillus, Dr. Calmette said plague ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"In 1834 plague existed eight months at Alexandria before passing to Damietta and
... Twenty-five ships, eight of which were infected with plague, ..."
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