plague spot | a spot on the skin characteristic of the plague |
plague a | an annoyance, those children are a damn plague |
plague | any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) |
tin pest tin disease tin plague | the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures |
infestation plague | a swarm of insects that attack plants, a plague of grasshoppers |
drug addiction white plague | an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) |
plague pestilence pest | any epidemic disease with a high death rate |
plague pestilence pest pestis | 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 |
bubonic plague pestis bubonica glandular plague | the most common form of the plague in humans, characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin, does not spread from person to person |
ambulant plague ambulatory plague pestis ambulans | a mild form of bubonic plague |
Black Death Black Plague | the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe |
pneumonic plague pulmonic plague plague pneumonia | a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person, characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever |
septicemic plague | an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream, does not spread from person to person |
pulmonary tuberculosis consumption phthisis wasting disease white plague | involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body |
rinderpest cattle plague | an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal), characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes |
b harass hassle harry chivy chivvy chevy chevvy beset plague molest provoke bbba | annoy continually or chronically, He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked, This man harasses his female co-workers |
tease badger pester bug beleaguer | annoy persistently, The children teased the boy because of his stammer |
blight plague | cause to suffer a blight, Too much rain may blight the garden with mold |
d annoying bothersome galling irritating nettlesome pesky pestering pestiferous plaguy plaguey teasing vexatious vexing | causing irritation or annoyance, tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork, aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport, found it galling to have to ask permission, an irritating delay, nettlesome paperwork, a pesky mosquito, swarms of pestering gnats, a plaguey newfangled safety catch, a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him, a vexatious child, it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong |
annoyed harassed harried pestered vexed | troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances, harassed working mothers, a harried expression, her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions, the vexed parents of an unruly teenager |