Definitions of scourge [ɜrdʒ]

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Definition of 'scourge'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) scourge
a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment.

2.  scourge
a person or thing that administers punishment or criticism.

3.  scourge
a cause of affliction or calamity:
the scourge of famine.

4. (v.t.) scourge
to whip with a scourge.

5.  scourge
to punish, chastise, or criticize severely.

Etymology: (1175–1225; (n.) ME < OF escorge, der. of escorgier to whip < VL *excorrigiāre, der. of L corrigia thong, whip)

Definition of 'scourge'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) scourge, flagellum
a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)

2. (noun) bane, curse, scourge, nemesis
something causing misery or death
"the bane of my life"

3. (verb) terror, scourge, threat
a person who inspires fear or dread
"he was the terror of the neighborhood"

4. (verb) scourge
punish severely; excoriate

5. (verb) flagellate, scourge
whip
"The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

6. (verb) lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

Definition of 'scourge'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) scourge
a lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip

2. (noun) scourge
hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment

3. (noun) scourge
to whip severely; to lash

4. (noun) scourge
to punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction

5. (noun) scourge
to harass or afflict severely

Translation of 'scourge'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a cause of great suffering to many people Vaccination has freed us from the scourge of smallpox.
Afrikaans: teistering	Arabic: سَوْط، مِجْلَدَه	Bulgarian: бич
Brazilian: flagelo	Czech: pohroma	German: die Geißel
Danish: plage	Greek: μάστιγα	Spanish: flagelo, castigo, calamid
Estonian: nuhtlus	Farsi: مصيبت	Finnish: vitsaus
French: fléau	Hebrew: אֵימָה	Hindi: कोड़ा, चाबुक, सताना
Croatian: pošast, pokora	Hungarian: veszedelem	Indonesian: bencana
Icelandic: plága	Italian: flagello	Japanese: 災難
Korean: 고민거리	Lithuanian: rykštė, bausmė	Latvian: posts; liga
Malay: kesengsaraan	Dutch: plaag	Norwegian: svøpe, pest, plage
Polish: dopust, plaga	Persian: مصيبت	Pashto: متروكه، شلاخه، كمچينه: سز
Portuguese: flagelo	Romanian: flagel	Russian: бич, бедствие
Slovak: pohroma	Slovenian: nadloga	Serbian: tlačenje
Swedish: gissel, plågoris	Thai: เป็นเหตุให้เดือดร้อนอย่าง	Turkish: musibet, felâket
Taiwanese: 禍根	Ukrainian: бич; кара	Urdu: عذاب ، قہر
Vietnamese: tai hoạ	Chinese: 灾祸
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