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Synonyms for plague
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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. plaguenoun

    Synonyms:
    pest

  2. plaguenoun

    To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.

    Wikis are often plagued by vandalism

    Synonyms:
    pest

  3. plaguenoun

    To afflict with a disease or other calamity.

    Natural catastrophies plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland

    Synonyms:
    pest

  4. plaguenoun

    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:
    pest

  5. plaguenoun

    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 Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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, wickedness

    Antonyms:
    affection, appreciation, approval, benefit, blessing, delight, desire, enjoyment, esteem, esteem, gratification, joy, satisfaction, treat

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. 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, blighter

  2. plague, pestilence, pestnoun

    any epidemic disease with a high death rate

    Synonyms:
    pesterer, canker, infestation, pestilence, pestis, gadfly, pest, cuss, blighter

  3. infestation, plaguenoun

    a swarm of insects that attack plants

    "a plague of grasshoppers"

    Synonyms:
    pest, infestation, pestilence, pestis

  4. plaguenoun

    any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)

    Synonyms:
    pest, infestation, pestilence, pestis

  5. plagueverb

    an annoyance

    "those children are a damn plague"

    Synonyms:
    pest, infestation, pestilence, pestis

  6. blight, 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, chivvy

  7. harass, 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

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pestiliance

    fatal illiness

    Submitted by anonymous on May 9, 2021  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. plaguenoun

    Synonyms:
    pestilence, pest

  2. plaguenoun

    Synonyms:
    affliction; annoyance, vexation, trouble, nuisance, curse, torment, thorn in one's side

  3. plagueverb

    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 Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. plaguenoun

    Synonyms:
    pestilence

  2. plagueverb

    Synonyms:
    hector, tantalize, tease, badger, pester, twit, nag, torment, harass, harry

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How to use plague in a sentence?

  1. The Vatican:

    It is precisely because of this gravity that the fight against drugs is a priority for the government; to confront violence and return peace and serenity to Mexican families, acting on the causes which are at the root of this plague.

  2. President Joko Widodo:

    There is no splendor on the streets, the mosque space is in silence, the new atmosphere we will feel, absorbing the true meaning of fasting that we run, let's welcome the blessing Ramadan as a moment to break the chain of transmission of the plague for the sake of personal safety, relatives and the entire nation.

  3. Ted Cruz:

    These children come in in debt to vicious cartels thousands and thousands of dollars. The teenage boys work for the gangs in every city in America, and the teenage girls experience a hell worse than that, with far too many of them human trafficked into sex slavery, joe Biden and Kamala Harris are responsible for the worst plague of slavery in America since the Civil War.

  4. Kelly Clarkson:

    I ask good people. I don't want to sing with crap people, so I mean, I ask people who are great vocalists, but I'm not going to point out anyone, i have asked several people. Sometimes I feel like I have the plague, or leprosy. Even so, as far as Reba McEntire is concerned, Kelly Clarkson does n’t need Reba McEntire help.

  5. Proverb:

    He who trusts a woman and leads an ass will never be free from plague. #InternationalWomensDay


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