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plague

/ plague /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
an annoyance
"those children are a damn plague"
Type of:
annoyance bother botheration
Derived:
harass hassle harry chivy chivvy
Domain:
colloquialism
noun Sense 2
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
Type of:
calamity catastrophe disaster
noun Sense 3
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
Type of:
epidemic disease
Derived:
blight
noun Sense 4
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)
Type of:
epidemic disease
Kinds of:
bubonic plague pneumonic plague septicemic plague
Derived:
blight
noun Sense 5
a swarm of insects that attack plants
"a plague of grasshoppers"
Type of:
swarm cloud
Derived:
blight invade overrun infest
verb Sense 6
cause to suffer a blight
"Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
Type of:
afflict smite
Derived:
infestation pestilence blight
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 7
annoy continually or chronically
"He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"
"This man harasses his female co-workers"
Type of:
annoy rag get to
Kinds of:
needle goad torment rag bedevil
Derived:
aggravation irritation provocation instigator provoker
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
42
Times Searched
3
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annoyance bother botheration calamity catastrophe disaster epidemic disease bubonic plague pneumonic plague septicemic plague swarm cloud