Definitions for plague
pleɪgplague

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 4 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

2. plague, pestilence, pestnoun

   any epidemic disease with a high death rate

3. infestation, plaguenoun

   a swarm of insects that attack plants

   "a plague of grasshoppers"

4. plaguenoun

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

5. plagueverb

   an annoyance

   "those children are a damn plague"

6. blight, plagueverb

   cause to suffer a blight

   "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.8 / 6 votes

1. plaguenoun

   (used absolutely, usually capitalized: The Pest) The pestilent disease "Plague", caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis and mostly known by its variant form bubonic plague.

2. plaguenoun

   An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.

3. 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

4. plaguenoun

   A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates

   Rascal Bart is an utter plague, his pranks never cease until he's put over the knee

5. plagueverb

   To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.

   Wikis are often plagued by vandalism

6. plagueverb

   To afflict with a disease or other calamity.

   Natural catastrophies plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland

7. Etymology: From plage, from plaga, from plango. Cognate with Dutch plaag, German Plage, Swedish plåga, French plaie and Polish plaga.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PLAGUEnoun

   Etymology: plaghe, Dutch; plage, Teut. plaga, Latin; πληγὴ.

   1. Pestilence; a disease eminently contagious and destructive.

   Thou art a bile,
   A plague-sore or imboss’d carbuncle
   In my corrupted blood. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   The general opinion is, that years hot and moist are most pestilent; yet many times there have been great plagues in dry years. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   Snakes, that use within thy house for shade,
   Securely lurk, and, like a plague, invade
   Thy cattle with venom. Thomas May, Virgil’s Georgicks.

   All those plagues, which earth and air had brooded,
   First on inferior creatures try’d their force,
   And last they seized on man. John Dryden.

   2. State of misery.

   I am set in my plague, and my heaviness is ever in my sight. Psalm xxxviii. 17.

   3. Any thing troublesome or vexatious.

   ’Tis the time’s plague, when madmen lead the blind. Sha.

   I am not mad, too well I feel
   The diff’rent plague of each calamity. William Shakespeare, K. John.

   Good or bad company is the greatest blessing or greatest plague of life. Roger L'Estrange.

   Sometimes my plague, sometimes my darling. Matthew Prior.

2. To Plagueverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To infect with pestilence.2. To trouble; to teaze; to vex; to harrass; to torment; to afflict; to distress; to torture; to embarrass; to excruciate; to make uneasy; to disturb.

   If her nature be so,
   That she will plague the man that loves her most,
   And take delight to encrease a wretch’s woe,
   Then all her nature’s goodly gifts are lost. Edmund Spenser.

   Say my request’s unjust,
   And spurn me back; but if it be not so,
   Thou art not honest, and the gods will plague thee. William Shakespeare.

   Thus were they plagu’d
   And worn with famine. John Milton.

   People are stormed out of their reason, plagued into a compliance, and forced to yield in their own defence. Collier.

   When a Neapolitan cavalier has nothing else to do, he gravely shuts himself up in his closet, and falls a tumbling over his papers, to see if he can start a law suit, and plague any of his neighbours. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plague

   Plague is a song by Canadian electronic music band, Crystal Castles. It is the first single of the band's 2012 album, (III). On July 25, 2012, it was made available for free download on the duo's SoundCloud page.

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1. plague

   A plague is a widespread and often fatal infectious disease caused by bacteria, typically affecting a large number of people within a population or community. It can also refer to any major disastrous event or severe calamity causing significant distress or devastation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plaguenoun

   that which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation

2. Plaguenoun

   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

3. Plagueverb

   to infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind

4. Plagueverb

   fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass

5. Etymology: [L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to Gr. , fr. to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat. Cf. Plaint.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plague

   Plague was a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. She was originally a member of the Morlocks before joining the Horsemen of Apocalypse.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Plague

   plāg, n. any great natural evil: a deadly disease or pestilence: a very troublesome person or thing, esp. a malignant kind of contagious fever, prevailing epidemically, characterised by buboes, or swellings of the lymphatic glands, by carbuncles and petechiæ.—v.t. to infest with disease or trouble: to harass or annoy:—pr.p. plāg′uing; pa.t. and pa.p. plāgued.—ns. Plague′-mark, -spot, a mark or spot of plague or foul disease: a place where disease is constantly present; Plag′uer, one who plagues, vexes, or annoys; Plague′-sore.—adv. Plag′uily, vexatiously.—adj. Plaguy (plā′gi), vexatious: (Shak.) troublesome.—adv. vexatiously.—Plague on, may a curse rest on.—Be at the plague, to be at the trouble. [O. Fr. plague—L. plaga, a blow; Gr. plēgē.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plague

   An acute infectious disease caused by YERSINIA PESTIS that affects humans, wild rodents, and their ectoparasites. This condition persists due to its firm entrenchment in sylvatic rodent-flea ecosystems throughout the world. Bubonic plague is the most common form.

Matched Categories

1. • Afflict
   • Calamity
   • Swarm

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Anagrams for plague »

1. upgale

How to pronounce plague?

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How to say plague in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of plague in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of plague in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of plague in a Sentence

1. Erika Lee:

   Whether it be typhus and Irish immigrants and the bubonic plague and Chinese immigrants, cholera and Russian Jews, when Mexican immigrants were coming across the border after an outbreak of typhus in El Paso, they were literally sprayed with insecticide.

2. Proverb:

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

3. Henry Fielding:

   Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.

4. William Shakespeare, "King Lear", Act 5 scene 3:

   The gods are just, and of our pleasant vicesMake instruments to plague us.

5. Actor Sylvester Stallone:

   This is a crossroad in his life, this is probably the most important one because if he doesn't live up to his ideal ... if he can't overcome his fear and beat this man, I think it'll plague him for the rest of his life.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=plague
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Plague
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=plague
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plague
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=plague
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=plague
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=plague