plague

n. epidemic, widespread disease, pestilence; bubonic plague; nuisance, annoyance, pest

v. bother, harass; annoy, pester

Plague may refer to: In medicine:Bubonic plague, a specific disease caused by Yersinia pestisAny bubo-causing diseaseA pandemic caused by such a diseaseAny pestilence, a virulent and highly infectious diseaseIn history:Black Death, also known as The Black Plague: the Eurasian pandemic thought to have been caused by bubonic plague, beginning in the 14th century with repeated outbreaks until the 18th century.List of historical plaguesIn art and literature:Plagues of Egypt, the 10 calamities that God inflicted on Egypt in the book of ExodusThe Plague, a novel by Albert CamusThe Plague (magazine), New York University's comedy magazineA Journal of the Plague Year, a novel by Daniel DefoeThe Plague (Dragon Prince), an epidemic in Melanie Rawn's fantasy novel Dragon Prince
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Noun
1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)
(hypernym) epidemic disease
(hyponym) bubonic plague
(derivation) blight
2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
(synonym) pestilence
(hypernym) epidemic disease
(derivation) blight
3. a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers"
(synonym) infestation
(hypernym) swarm, cloud
(derivation) blight
4. any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
(hypernym) calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
5. an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
(hypernym) annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
(derivation) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, molest, provoke
(classification) colloquialism
Verb
1. cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
(synonym) blight
(hypernym) afflict, smite
(derivation) infestation
2. annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
(synonym) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, molest, provoke
(hypernym) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
(hyponym) needle, goad

v. plague, bother, harass; annoy, pester