plague

• plague

plague

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

Synonyms:

• plague
• pestilence
• pest
• pestis

Noun

any epidemic disease with a high death rate

Synonyms:

• plague
• pestilence
• pest

Noun

a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers"

Synonyms:

• infestation
• plague

Noun

any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)

Synonyms:

• plague

Noun

an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"

Synonyms:

• plague

Verb

cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"

Synonyms:

• blight
• plague

Verb

annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

Synonyms:

• harass
• hassle
• harry
• chivy
• chivvy
• chevy
• chevvy
• beset
• plague
• molest
• provoke