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Meaning of 'plague' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Plague [ n.]
- That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.
- An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague.
2 . Plague [ v. t.]
- To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.
- Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.

Meaning of 'plague' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . plague [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a swarm of insects that attack plants
Example in sentence:
  • a plague of grasshoppers
Meaning (2):
- an annoyance
Example in sentence:
  • those children are a damn plague
3 . plague [ v]
Meaning (3):
- annoy continually or chronically
Example in sentence:
  • He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked;
  • This man harasses his female co-workers
Meaning (4):
- cause to suffer a blight
Example in sentence:
  • Too much rain may blight the garden with mold

Nearby Words:

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