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Synonyms for scourge
skɜrdʒscourge
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
scourge
Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to beat on the soles of the feet; belabor, to inflict a comprehensive and exhaustive beating; cudgel, to beat with a stick; thrash, as wheat was beaten out with the old hand-flail; to pound (akin to Latin pondus, a weight) is to beat with a heavy, and pommel with a blunt, instrument. To batter and to bruise refer to the results of beating; that is battered which is broken or defaced by repeated blows on the surface (compare synonyms for SHATTER); that is bruised which has suffered even one severe contusion. The metaphorical sense of beat, however, so far preponderates that one may be very badly bruised and battered, and yet not be said to be beaten, unless he has got the worst of the beating. To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting. Hence beat becomes the synonym for every word which implies getting the advantage of another. Compare CONQUER.
Almost all antonyms in this class are passive, and can be formed indefinitely from the conquering words by the use of the auxiliary be; as, be beaten, be defeated, be conquered, etc.
Synonyms:
bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, defeat, flog, overcome, pommel, pound, smite, spank, strike, surpass, switch, thrash, vanquish, whip, worstAntonyms:
fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrenderPreposition:
Beat with a stick over the head; beat by a trick; out of town; beat to the ground; into submission.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
scourge
Synonyms:
punishment, bane, curse, undoing, visitationAntonyms:
blessing, redemption, saving, reward, benefaction
Princeton's WordNet
scourge, flagellumnoun
a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
bane, curse, scourge, nemesisnoun
something causing misery or death
"the bane of my life"
Synonyms:
whammy, expletive, condemnation, swearing, curse word, flagellum, jinx, oath, execration, cuss, threat, curse, swearword, nemesis, bane, hex, torment, terrorterror, scourge, threatverb
a person who inspires fear or dread
"he was the terror of the neighborhood"
Synonyms:
threat, flagellum, little terror, menace, bane, panic, brat, affright, holy terror, terror, nemesis, cursescourgeverb
punish severely; excoriate
Synonyms:
devastate, flagellate, ravage, lay waste to, waste, desolateflagellate, scourgeverb
whip
"The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
Synonyms:
devastate, flagellate, lay waste to, waste, ravage, desolatelay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourgeverb
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
Synonyms:
waste, harry, emaciate, flagellate, abandon, blow, forsake, run off, devastate, desert, neutralise, pine away, neutralize, desolate, consume, macerate, ware, depopulate, languish, liquidate, squander, ravage, do in, rot, knock off, lay waste to
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
scourgenoun
Synonyms:
affliction, infliction, bane, punishment
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
scourge
Synonyms:
Epidemic (noun)
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1810 | switch | |
| #1980 | waste | |
| #2373 | harry | |
| #2540 | blow | |
| #2851 | beat | |
| #3009 | evil | |
| #3884 | strike | |
| #3891 | threat | |
| #4134 | disaster | |
| #4165 | worst | |
| #4409 | desert | |
| #4910 | pound | |
| #5421 | terror | |
| #7548 | overcome | |
| #7790 | punishment | |
| #8135 | defeat | |
| #8550 | panic | |
| #8890 | nitrogen | |
| #9559 | spank | |
| #9696 | ware | |
| #11232 | hex | |
| #11618 | curse | |
| #12767 | whip | |
| #13501 | epidemic | |
| #13640 | consume | |
| #14530 | abandon | |
| #14725 | oath | |
| #15784 | plague | |
| #15960 | visitation | |
| #16211 | conquer | |
| #17344 | rot | |
| #19164 | menace | |
| #19499 | batter | |
| #22241 | nemesis | |
| #22556 | condemnation | |
| #27225 | swearing | |
| #27794 | blight | |
| #27901 | thrash | |
| #28154 | brat | |
| #29210 | torment | |
| #30953 | surpass | |
| #31410 | bane | |
| #35321 | scourge | |
| #36359 | desolate | |
| #37535 | affliction | |
| #38901 | jinx | |
| #39656 | neutralize | |
| #45961 | bruise | |
| #47832 | forsake | |
| #48660 | undoing | |
| #53412 | cuss | |
| #56460 | smite | |
| #56710 | liquidate | |
| #57646 | vanquish | |
| #62904 | flog | |
| #63070 | whammy | |
| #73942 | expletive | |
| #79641 | ravage | |
| #80715 | devastate | |
| #80961 | squander | |
| #85205 | languish | |
| #95414 | pommel | |
| #101508 | flagellum | |
| #105258 | chastise | |
| #123283 | cudgel | |
| #123666 | neutralise | |
| #176751 | belabor | |
| #184683 | castigate | |
| #208976 | flagellate | |
| #224580 | affright | |
| #326654 | execration | |
| #327541 | depopulate |
How to use scourge in a sentence?
We must do everything we can also to eliminate the scourge of firearms from our city, we have too many damn guns on our streets.
F. senator Gillibrand proudly earned an' F' rating from The NRA a decade ago, and has been a passionate advocate for critical reforms to address the scourge of gun violence across our country ever since.
The scourge of anti-Semitism can not be ignored, can not be tolerated and can not be allowed to continue.
The kingdom is keen to preserve the stability and security of the region, to spare it the scourge of war and to realize peace and stability.
The casual racism and regular xenophobia that we have seen from Trump and this administration is a national scourge.
Translations for scourge
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- بَلْوَى, سوط, وباءArabic
- metlaCzech
- plage, svøbeDanish
- Plage, GeißelGerman
- μάστιγαGreek
- skurĝoEsperanto
- azote, escoria, flageloSpanish
- vitsaus, piiska, maanvaiva, ruoskaFinnish
- écourgée, fouet, fléauFrench
- sciúirseIrish
- चाबुक से पीटनाHindi
- csapásHungarian
- պատուհասArmenian
- mencambukiIndonesian
- piaga, flagello, flagellareItalian
- 惨劇Japanese
- ಉಪದ್ರವKannada
- 채찍Korean
- flagellumLatin
- geselen, gesel, schrik, plaagDutch
- svøpeNorwegian
- biczowaćPolish
- flagelar, flageloPortuguese
- flagelRomanian
- плеть, [[бить]] [[плеть, беда, бич, кара, бедствие, бичева́тьRussian
- gissel, plågaSwedish
- கசையடிTamil
- � ాపముTelugu
- หายนะThai
- belaTurkish
- tai họaVietnamese
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