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Definitions for Plague

[1] an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence.
[2] an infectious, epidemic disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, characterized by fever, chills, and prostration, transmitted to humans from rats by means of the bites of fleas. Compare bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, septicemic plague.
[3] any widespread affliction, calamity, or evil, especially one regarded as a direct punishment by God: a plague of war and desolation.
[4] any cause of trouble, annoyance, or vexation: Uninvited guests are a plague.
[5] to trouble, annoy, or torment in any manner: The question of his future plagues him with doubt.
[6] to annoy, bother, or pester: Ants plagued the picnickers.
[7] to smite with a plague, pestilence, death, etc.; scourge: those whom the gods had plagued.
[8] to infect with a plague; cause an epidemic in or among: diseases that still plague the natives of Ethiopia.
[9] to afflict with any evil: He was plagued by allergies all his life.
[10] (French La Peste ), a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
[11] any widespread and usually highly contagious disease with a high fatality rate
[12] an infectious disease of rodents, esp rats, transmitted to man by the bite of the rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis )
[13] See bubonic plague
[14] something that afflicts or harasses
[15] informal an annoyance or nuisance
[16] a pestilence, affliction, or calamity on a large scale, esp when regarded as sent by God
[17] archaic used to express annoyance, disgust, etc a plague on you
[18] to afflict or harass
[19] to bring down a plague upon
[20] informal to annoy

Words related to Plague

invasion, scourge, contagion, pandemic, epidemic, curse, infection, outbreak, influenza, infestation, blight, calamity, pest, cancer, bedevil, afflict, beleaguer, bother, haunt, torment

Words nearby Plague

plagioclase, plagioclimax, plagiohedral, plagiotropic, plagiotropism, plague, plague vaccine, plague, the, plagues of egypt, plaguesome, plaguy

Origin of Plague

1350–1400; Middle English plage < Latin plāga stripe, wound, Late Latin: pestilence

Words that may be confused with Plague

plague, plaque

Other words from Plague

pla·guer , noun
an·ti·plague , noun, adjective
un·plagued , adjective

Word origin for Plague

C14: from Late Latin plāga pestilence, from Latin: a blow; related to Greek plēgē a stroke, Latin plangere to strike

Synonyms for Plague

contagion, curse, epidemic, infection, infestation, influenza, invasion, outbreak, pandemic, scourge, affliction, hydra, pestilence, rash, ravage