scourge

Speech parts

1. scourge - Noun

2. scourge - Verb

Meaning

A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.

Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.

To whip severely; to lash.

To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.

To harass or afflict severely.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bane nemesis waste terror curse desolate devastate ravage threat flagellum flagellate hydra flay birch plague
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Antonyms

redeemer felicity guard support back good
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Hypernyms

welt individual person flog destroy soul

Hyponyms

plague ruin

Phrases with the word

scourge of scotland the scourge of god

Derivatives

Scourged scourging

Anagrams

scrouge

Examples

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it. Martin Luther

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. Aung San Suu Kyi

We had four years of world war which the peoples endured only because they were told that their sufferings would free humanity forever from the scourge of war. Arthur Henderson

Yet, nearly 6 decades after the Holocaust concluded, Anti-Semitism still exists as the scourge of the world. Eliot Engel

Lawyer for the rich, scourge of the poor. Peruvian Proverb

The tail is the hardest to scourge. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

scoured wool scourer scourer pad Scourge of God scourge of scotland Scourge of the Gods