SCOURGE Synonyms
20 hypernyms for scourge. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for SCOURGE
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| bane | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
noun • something causing misery or death | ||||||
| curse | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger • an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group • an evil spell • something causing misery or death • a severe affliction verb • utter obscenities or profanities • heap obscenities upon • wish harm upon; invoke evil upon • exclude from a church or a religious community | ||||||
| affliction | noun n | |||||
noun • a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity • a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health • a cause of great suffering and distress | ||||||
| calamity | noun n | |||||
noun • an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | ||||||
| nuisance | noun n | |||||
noun • (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive • something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness | ||||||
| pestilence | noun n | |||||
noun • 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 • any epidemic disease with a high death rate • a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of | ||||||
| plague | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • 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 • any epidemic disease with a high death rate • a swarm of insects that attack plants • any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) • an annoyance verb • cause to suffer a blight • annoy continually or chronically | ||||||
| torment | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • unbearable physical pain • extreme mental distress • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented • a severe affliction • the act of harassing someone verb • torment emotionally or mentally • treat cruelly • subject to torture | ||||||
| trouble | noun n | |||||
noun • a source of difficulty • an angry disturbance • an event causing distress or pain • an effort that is inconvenient • a strong feeling of anxiety • an unwanted pregnancy verb • move deeply • to cause inconvenience or discomfort to • disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed • take the trouble to do something; concern oneself • cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed | ||||||
| desolate | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • providing no shelter or sustenance • crushed by grief verb • leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch • reduce in population • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||||||
| devastate | verb v | |||||
verb • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly • overwhelm or overpower | ||||||
| flagellate | verb v | |||||
adjective • having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum) noun • a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals verb • whip | ||||||
| flagellum | noun n | |||||
noun • a whip used to inflict punishment • a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa) | ||||||
| nemesis | noun n | |||||
noun • (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance • something causing misery or death | ||||||
| ravage | verb v | |||||
noun • (usually plural) a destructive action verb • make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||||||
| terror | noun n | |||||
noun • an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety • a person who inspires fear or dread • a very troublesome child • the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons) | ||||||
| threat | noun n | |||||
noun • something that is a source of danger • a warning that something unpleasant is imminent • declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another • a person who inspires fear or dread | ||||||
| waste | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted • useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly • the trait of wasting resources • an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation • (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect adjective satellite • located in a dismal or remote area; desolate verb • spend thoughtlessly; throw away • use inefficiently or inappropriately • dispose of • run off as waste • get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing • spend extravagantly • lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief • cause to grow thin or weak • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly • become physically weaker | ||||||
| lay waste to | verb v | |||||
verb • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||||||