plague

noun

  1. 1

    an annoyance

    those children are a damn plague

  2. 2

    any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)

  3. 3

    a swarm of insects that attack plants

    a plague of grasshoppers

  4. 4

    any epidemic disease with a high death rate

  5. 5

    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

verb

  1. 1

    annoy continually or chronically

    He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked

    This man harasses his female co-workers

  2. 2

    cause to suffer a blight

    Too much rain may blight the garden with mold

Synonyms

Also useful for “plague”:Unscrambler