Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: plague
IPA transcription: [pl'eɪɡ]
Pronunciations of plague
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blight, plague
    Meaning: cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
  • Synonyms: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
    Meaning: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
Usage examples
  • "Plague?
  • What plague?"
  • "What plague, indeed?
  • "Very well; I will not plague you any more.
  • It took a world-wide plague to turn the tide.
  • But my wife is greatly worried about this plague.
  • The plague can't come where this article is, my boy!"
  • What a plague do it matter if it is an English settlement?
  • This plague was like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky to us.
  • Weston may grow cross from the wantonness of comfort, or his son may plague him."
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Myst III: Exile, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Council of Trent, License CC BY-SA 4.0