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plague
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- pronunciation:
- pleIg
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a deadly disease, sudden invasion of harmful insects, or any terrible thing that harms many people.
A plague of locusts is threatening the country's main food crop.- similar words:
- affliction, epidemic
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| definition 2: |
a disease that spread quickly and killed many people in former times.
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| related words: |
blight, curse, disease, poison, worry |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
plagues, plaguing, plagued |
| definition 1: |
to bother or annoy.
She plagued her older sister with questions.- synonyms:
- annoy, bother, bug, pester, torment
- similar words:
- afflict, aggravate, badger, exasperate, harass, hound
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| definition 2: |
to cause to suffer from or as if from a plague.
War plagued the country.- synonyms:
- afflict, harrow, torment
- similar words:
- distress, pain, punish, rack
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| related words: |
bait, besiege, bother, curse, heckle, nag, trouble |
| derivation: |
plaguer (n.) |
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