Definitions for: Plague


[n] (informal) an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
[n] any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
[n] a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers"
[n] any epidemic disease with a high death rate
[n] a serious (sometimes fatal) infection transmitted by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)
[v] annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"
[v] cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"



Webster (1913) Definition: Plague, n. [L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to
Gr. ?, fr. ? to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat. Cf.
Plaint.]
1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a
calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or
vexation. --Shak.

And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail.
--Wyclif.

The different plague of each calamity. --Shak.

2. (Med.) 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. ``A plague upon the people fell.'' --Tennyson.

Cattle plague. See Rinderpest.

Plague mark, Plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague;
hence, a token of something incurable.


Plague, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plagued; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plaguing.]
1. To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural
evil of any kind.

Thus were they plagued And worn with famine.
--Milton.

2. Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.

She will plague the man that loves her most.
--Spenser.

Syn: To vex; torment; distress; afflict; harass; annoy;
tease; tantalize; trouble; molest; embarrass; perplex.

Synonyms: beset, blight, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, infestation, molest, pestilence, provoke

See Also: afflict, annoy, annoyance, bedevil, bother, bother, botheration, bubonic plague, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, chafe, crucify, devil, disaster, dun, epidemic disease, frustrate, get at, get to, goad, gravel, infliction, irritate, nark, needle, nettle, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck, pneumonic plague, rag, rile, septicemic plague, smite, swarm, torment, tragedy, vex

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