n. | 1. | That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation. | ||||||
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;
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v. t. | 1. | To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. | ||||||
2. | Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() |
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" |