English dictionary
plague
nounPronunciation
pleɪɡ
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- an annoyance
noun
- any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
noun
- a swarm of insects that attack plants
noun
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
noun
- 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
verb
- annoy continually or chronically
verb
- cause to suffer a blight
Example sentences
those children are a damn plague
a plague of grasshoppers
He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
This man harasses his female co-workers
Too much rain may blight the garden with mold