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Meaning & Definition of Plague in English

English

Plague

/pleg/

noun

1. 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

synonym:
  • plague,
  • pestilence,
  • pest,
  • pestis

2. Any epidemic disease with a high death rate

synonym:
  • plague,
  • pestilence,
  • pest

3. A swarm of insects that attack plants

  • "A plague of grasshoppers"
synonym:
  • infestation,
  • plague

4. Any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by god)

synonym:
  • plague

5. An annoyance

  • "Those children are a damn plague"
synonym:
  • plague

verb

1. Cause to suffer a blight

  • "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
synonym:
  • blight,
  • plague

2. Annoy continually or chronically

  • "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"
  • "This man harasses his female co-workers"
synonym:
  • harass,
  • hassle,
  • harry,
  • chivy,
  • chivvy,
  • chevy,
  • chevvy,
  • beset,
  • plague,
  • molest,
  • provoke

Examples of using

The plague came from the swamp.