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
[ Syn: pestilence , pest , pestis ]
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
[ Syn: pestilence , pest ]
a swarm of insects that attack plants; a plague of grasshoppers
[ Syn: infestation ]
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
an annoyance; those children are a damn plague'
plague (n.)
cause to suffer a blight; Too much rain may blight the garden with mold
[ Syn: blight ]
annoy continually or chronically; He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked; This man harasses his female co-workers
[ Syn: harass , hassle , harry , chivy , chivvy , chevy , chevvy , beset , molest , provoke ]