Scourge - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|skɜːrdʒ|
Brit.
|skəːdʒ|
noun
- a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) (syn: flagellum)
- something causing misery or death (syn: bane, curse, nemesis)
- a person who inspires fear or dread (syn: terror, threat)
- something causing misery or death (syn: bane, curse, nemesis)
- a person who inspires fear or dread (syn: terror, threat)
verb
- punish severely; excoriate
- whip (syn: flagellate)
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (syn: desolate, devastate, ravage, waste)
- whip (syn: flagellate)
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (syn: desolate, devastate, ravage, waste)
Examples
a city ravaged by the scourge of unemployment
The disease continues to be a scourge in the developing world.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: scourge
he/she/it: scourges
present participle: scourging
past tense: scourged
past participle: scourged
I/you/we/they: scourge
he/she/it: scourges
present participle: scourging
past tense: scourged
past participle: scourged
noun
singular: scourge
plural: scourges
singular: scourge
plural: scourges