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Synonyms for plague
pleɪgplague
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Wiktionary
plaguenoun
Synonyms:
pestplaguenoun
To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
Wikis are often plagued by vandalism
Synonyms:
pestplaguenoun
To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
Natural catastrophies plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland
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pestplaguenoun
A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go
Synonyms:
pestplaguenoun
A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates
Rascal Bart is an utter plague, his pranks never cease until he's put over the knee
Synonyms:
pest
English Synonyms and Antonyms
plague
Abomination (from the Latin ab omen, a thing of ill omen) was originally applied to anything held in religious or ceremonial aversion or abhorrence; as, "The things which are highly esteemed among men are abomination in the sight of God." Luke xvi, 15. The word is oftener applied to the object of such aversion or abhorrence than to the state of mind that so regards it; in common use abomination signifies something very much disliked or loathed, or that deserves to be. Choice food may be an object of aversion and disgust to a sick person; vile food would be an abomination. A toad is to many an object of disgust; a foul sewer is an abomination. As applied to crimes, abomination is used of such as are especially brutal, shameful, or revolting; theft is an offense; infanticide is an abomination.
Synonyms:
abhorrence, abomination, abuse, annoyance, aversion, crime, curse, detestation, disgust, evil, execration, hatred, horror, iniquity, nuisance, offense, shame, villainy, wickednessAntonyms:
affection, appreciation, approval, benefit, blessing, delight, desire, enjoyment, esteem, esteem, gratification, joy, satisfaction, treat
Princeton's WordNet
plague, pestilence, pest, pestisnoun
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:
pesterer, canker, infestation, pestilence, pestis, gadfly, pest, cuss, blighterplague, pestilence, pestnoun
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
Synonyms:
pesterer, canker, infestation, pestilence, pestis, gadfly, pest, cuss, blighterinfestation, plaguenoun
a swarm of insects that attack plants
"a plague of grasshoppers"
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pest, infestation, pestilence, pestisplaguenoun
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
Synonyms:
pest, infestation, pestilence, pestisplagueverb
an annoyance
"those children are a damn plague"
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pest, infestation, pestilence, pestisblight, plagueverb
cause to suffer a blight
"Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
Synonyms:
chevvy, molest, hassle, harass, chivy, provoke, blight, chevy, beset, harry, chivvyharass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provokeverb
annoy continually or chronically
"He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
Synonyms:
stimulate, harry, kick up, beset, provoke, hassle, set upon, chevy, chivy, kindle, harass, arouse, enkindle, evoke, call forth, molest, elicit, incrust, encrust, chivvy, ravage, chevvy, blight, fire, raise
Editors Contribution
pestiliance
fatal illiness
Dictionary of English Synonymes
plaguenoun
Synonyms:
pestilence, pestplaguenoun
Synonyms:
affliction; annoyance, vexation, trouble, nuisance, curse, torment, thorn in one's sideplagueverb
Synonyms:
annoy, tease, vex, worry, trouble, molest, torment, harass, harry, disturb, fret, gall, chafe, bore, incommode, bother, pester, badger, hector, irritate, disquiet
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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#960 | fire | |
#2010 | crime | |
#2225 | abuse | |
#2367 | classical | |
#2373 | harry | |
#3009 | evil | |
#3551 | raise | |
#4260 | horror | |
#6935 | fever | |
#7144 | offense | |
#8184 | shame | |
#8315 | pest | |
#9117 | wound | |
#9204 | chevy | |
#11270 | cosmic | |
#11618 | curse | |
#12207 | hassle | |
#12747 | stimulate | |
#13325 | hatred | |
#13501 | epidemic | |
#15784 | plague | |
#18349 | nuisance | |
#21420 | mor | |
#26899 | provoke | |
#27794 | blight | |
#28022 | annoyance | |
#28532 | disgust | |
#29456 | aversion | |
#29479 | elicit | |
#29834 | evoke | |
#33759 | infestation | |
#34128 | harass | |
#35073 | pox | |
#35321 | scourge | |
#39121 | wickedness | |
#40660 | iniquity | |
#43132 | arouse | |
#45160 | abomination | |
#46693 | beset | |
#52356 | canker | |
#53412 | cuss | |
#55135 | pestilence | |
#60763 | gadfly | |
#71611 | kindle | |
#73447 | afflict | |
#79641 | ravage | |
#80193 | pestis | |
#85386 | molest | |
#88817 | villainy | |
#103154 | abhorrence | |
#206995 | detestation | |
#326654 | execration |
How to use plague in a sentence?
A future with automation is the equivalent as the past with primitive technology. It is the abstract factor that will ruin the utmost ambitions of our families' generations. To combat this 'societal plague' is to combat laziness, similar to defending against our negative mentality.
Awareness and precautions can help prevent the disease in people, while it's rare for people to contract plague, we want to make sure everyone knows the symptoms. The disease is treatable if caught early.
Whether it be typhus and Irish immigrants and the bubonic plague and Chinese immigrants, cholera and Russian Jews, when Mexican immigrants were coming across the border after an outbreak of typhus in El Paso, they were literally sprayed with insecticide.
He who trusts a woman and leads an ass will never be free from plague. #InternationalWomensDay
Your head is messed up, you have this killer virus coursing through your veins, you feel like a pariah... HIV was considered a gay plague that we (gay men) had brought upon ourselves - it was horrid.
Translations for plague
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- طاعونArabic
- morCzech
- pest, plage, pestilensDanish
- Pest, PlageGerman
- βασανίζω, πλήττω, πανούκλα, πληγή, πανδημία, λοιμός, επιδημία, πανώλη, μάστιγα, μαστίζω, κατατρύχωGreek
- plaga, atormentar, plagar, molestarSpanish
- rändtaud, katkEstonian
- بلا, طاعونPersian
- rutto, kiusata, vaivata, kulkutauti, vitsausFinnish
- pest, pestur, plága, svartideyðiFaroese
- calamité, peste, plaie, fléau, affligerFrench
- plá, an Phlá Dhubh, an Phlá Mhór, Plá bhúbónachIrish
- plàighScottish Gaelic
- pestis, csapás, járványHungarian
- ժանտախտ, պատիժ, ժանտամահ, պատուհաս, աղետ, դժվախտությունArmenian
- wabahIndonesian
- plágaIcelandic
- molestare, tormentare, peste, affliggereItalian
- 黒死病, 大量発生, 疫病, 悩みの種, 蔓延, 伝染病, 感染症, ペスト, 伝染, 悩ます, 感染, 厄介Japanese
- შავი ჭირი, ჟამი, ჭირიGeorgian
- plagaLatin
- PeschtLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- mērisLatvian
- mate urutā, urutā, mui, pōreareaMāori
- напаст, чума, беда, помор, епидемијаMacedonian
- plaag, kwelling, pest, teisteren, ellende, kwellen, pestenDutch
- pestNorwegian
- dżuma, manginaPolish
- peste bubónica, incômodo, incomodar, atormentar, praga, peste negraPortuguese
- pestă, ciumăRomanian
- бедствие, мор, поветрие, чума, нашествие, эпидемияRussian
- epidemijaSerbo-Croatian
- kugaSlovene
- pestSwedish
- பிளேக்Tamil
- salotTagalog
- vebaTurkish
- чумаUkrainian
- افسوسUrdu
- tai họaVietnamese
- tomodVolapük
- פּלאָגןYiddish
- 瘟疫Chinese
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