Defenition of the word scourge

• Defenition of the word scourge

  • To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.
  • something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"
  • whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
  • a whip used to inflict punishment
  • punish severely
  • a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
  • a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
  • devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
  • punish severely; excoriate
  • a person who inspires fear or dread
  • something causing misery or death
  • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  • whip

Synonyms for the word scourge

• • afflict
  • bane
  • blight
  • curse
  • flagellate
  • nemesis
  • plague
  • terror
  • terrorize
  • thorn in your side
  • threat

Similar words in the scourge

• • scourge
  • scourge's
  • scourged
  • scourges

Hyponyms for the word scourge

• • ruin

Hypernyms for the word scourge

• • affliction
  • destroy
  • flog
  • human
  • individual
  • lash
  • lather
  • mortal
  • penalise
  • penalize
  • person
  • punish
  • ruin
  • slash
  • somebody
  • someone
  • soul
  • strap
  • trounce
  • welt
  • whip

See other words

• • What is plundered
  • The definition of swag
  • The interpretation of the word stolen goods
  • What is meant by ravaged
  • The lexical meaning take account of
  • The dictionary meaning of the word at the start
  • The grammatical meaning of the word ravages
  • Meaning of the word wreak havoc on
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word first of all
  • The origin of the word scourging
  • Synonym for the word scourged
  • Antonyms for the word scours
  • Homonyms for the word digested
  • Hyponyms for the word clutches
  • Holonyms for the word scouring
  • Hypernyms for the word scourges
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word digestible
  • Translation of the word in other languages digesting