Definition of plague

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • plague is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • plague is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • plague is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13

Definition of plague


  • any epidemic disease with a high death rate (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. pest
    2. pestilence
  • cause to suffer a blight (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. blight
  • a swarm of insects that attack plants (noun)

    Examples

    1. a plague of grasshoppers

    Synonyms

    1. infestation
  • annoy continually or chronically (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. beset
    2. chevvy
    3. chevy
    4. chivvy
    5. chivy
    6. harass
    7. harry
    8. hassle
    9. molest
    10. provoke
  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. pest
    2. pestilence
    3. pestis
  • an annoyance (noun)

    Examples

    1. those children are a damn plague
  • any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) (noun)

See definition of plague in Merriam Webster