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Plague

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Noun

an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence.
an infectious, epidemic disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, characterized by fever, chills, and prostration, transmitted to humans from rats by means of the bites of fleas. Compare bubonic plague , pneumonic plague , septicemic plague .
any widespread affliction, calamity, or evil, esp. one regarded as a direct punishment by God
a plague of war and desolation.
any cause of trouble, annoyance, or vexation
Uninvited guests are a plague.

Verb (used with object)

to trouble, annoy, or torment in any manner
The question of his future plagues him with doubt.
to annoy, bother, or pester
Ants plagued the picnickers.
to smite with a plague, pestilence, death, etc.; scourge
those whom the gods had plagued.
to infect with a plague; cause an epidemic in or among
diseases that still plague the natives of Ethiopia.
to afflict with any evil
He was plagued by allergies all his life.

Antonyms

noun
advantage , good fortune , good luck
verb
aid , assist , help , please

Synonyms

noun
affliction , contagion , curse , epidemic , hydra , infection , infestation , influenza , invasion , outbreak , pandemic , pestilence , rash , ravage , scourge , aggravation , bane , besetment , blast , blight , bother , botheration , calamity , cancer , evil , exasperation , irritant , nuisance , pain , pest , problem , thorn in side , torment , trial , vexation , ill , woe , irritation , peeve , abomination , harassment
verb
afflict , badger , bedevil , beleaguer , bother , chafe , fret , gall , gnaw , harass , harry , hassle , haunt , hector , hound , infest , irk , molest , pain , persecute , pester , pursue , ride , tease , torment , torture , trouble , vex , worry , bait , beset , importune , solicit , agonize , anguish , curse , excruciate , rack , scourge , smite , strike , affliction , annoyance , bane , calamity , contagion , disease , epidemic , infestation , irritate , nag , nuisance , outbreak , pest , pestilence , pox , rash , suffering , tantalize , twit

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