plague
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 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
Types & categories
- epidemic disease hypernym
- bubonic plague hyponym
- pneumonic plague hyponym
- septicemic plague hyponym
Related & opposite
- plague derivation
Sense 2 verb
cause to suffer a blight
Too much rain may blight the garden with mold
Types & categories
- afflict hypernym
Related & opposite
- infestation derivation
- pest derivation
- pest derivation
- blight derivation
- blight derivation
Sense 3 noun
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
Types & categories
- epidemic disease hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
annoy continually or chronically
He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- harassment derivation
- provocation derivation
- plague derivation
- hassle derivation
- harrier derivation
- harasser derivation
- instigator derivation
- provocative derivation
Sense 5 noun
a swarm of insects that attack plants
a plague of grasshoppers
Types & categories
- swarm hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
Types & categories
- tragedy hypernym
Sense 7 noun
an annoyance
those children are a damn plague
Types & categories
- pain in the ass hypernym
Related & opposite
- hassle derivation
- annoying derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | plague |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | epidemic disease |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bubonic plague |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pneumonic plague |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | septicemic plague |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | infestation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pest |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pest |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blight |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blight |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | afflict |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | plague |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | plaguey |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | epidemic disease |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | harassment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | provocation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | plague |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hassle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | harrier |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | harasser |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | instigator |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | provocative |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | devil |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | needle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rag |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | haze |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | overrun |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | overrun |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | plague |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | swarm |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | tragedy |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | hassle |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | annoying |
| 7 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | pain in the ass |