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Definition of Plague
1. Verb. Cause to suffer a blight. "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
2. 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
3. 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
4. Noun. Any epidemic disease with a high death rate.
Generic synonyms: Epidemic Disease
Derivative terms: Pestilent, Pestilential, Plaguey
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. Noun. (''used absolutely, usually capitalized: '''The Pest''''') The pestilent disease "Plague", caused by the virulent bacterium ''Yersinia pestis'' and mostly known by its variant form ''bubonic plague''. ¹
2. Noun. (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease. ¹
3. Noun. A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution. ¹
4. Noun. A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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
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