Plague

n.	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.
	2.	(Med.) 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. Cattle plague See Rinderpest. Plague mark a spot or mark of the plague; hence, a token of something incurable.
v. t.	1.	To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. [imp. & p. p. Plagued ; p. pr. & vb. n. Plaguing.] Thus were they plagued And worn with famine. - Milton.
	2.	Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass. She will plague the man that loves her most. - Spenser.

Noun	1.	plague - a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)
	2.	plague - any epidemic disease with a high death rate Synonyms: pestilence
	3.	plague - a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers" Synonyms: infestation
	4.	plague - any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
	5.	plague - an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
Verb	1.	plague - cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold" Synonyms: blight
	2.	plague - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, provoke

To dream of a plague, indicates that you are facing a very broad problem, such as an intimate relationship or career situation.affliction, aggravate, aggravation, ail, ambulatory plague, anguish, annoyance, apply pressure, bait, bane, be at, be the matter, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besiege, bevy, bitch, black death, black plague, blandish, blight, bother, bristle, brown off, bubonic plague, bug, bugbear, bullyrag, burden, burn up, buttonhole, cajole, calamity, cellulocutaneous plague, chafe, charm, chevy, chivy, cloud, coax, complicate matters, concern, covey, crawl with, creep with, crushing burden, curse, death, defervescing plague, destruction, devil, discommode, discompose, disease, distemper, distress, disturb, dog, drag, dun, epiphytotic, epizootic, evil, exasperate, exercise, exert pressure, fash, flight, flock, fret, gaggle, gall, get, glandular plague, gnaw, grievance, gripe, harm, harry, hassle, haunt, headache, heckle, hector, hemorrhagic plague, hive, importune, inconvenience, infest, infestation, infliction, invade, invasion, irk, irritate, irritation, larval plague, lousiness, miff, molest, murmuration, murrain, nag, nag at, needle, nemesis, nettle, nudzh, nuisance, open wound, overrun, overrunning, overspread, overspreading, overswarm, overswarming, pandemia, pandemic, peeve, perplex, perturb, pest, pesthole, pestilence, pick on, pique, plague spot, pluck the beard, ply, pneumonic plague, pother, premonitory plague, press, pressure, provoke, push, put out, put to it, puzzle, ravage, ride, rile, roil, ruffle, running sore, scourge, septicemic plague, siderating plague, skein, spring, swarm, swarm with, swarming, tease, teeming, thorn, trouble, try the patience, tuberculosis, tweak the nose, urge, vexation, visitation, watch, wheedle, white plague, woe, work on

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