plague
noun
- 1
an annoyance
those children are a damn plague
- 2
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
- 3
a swarm of insects that attack plants
a plague of grasshoppers
- 4
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- 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
annoy continually or chronically
He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
This man harasses his female co-workers
- 2
cause to suffer a blight
Too much rain may blight the garden with mold
Also useful for “plague”:Unscrambler— Rearrange the letters in “plague”