Associations to the word «Scourge»
Noun
- Whip
- Lash
- Penance
- Sancho
- Thorn
- Famine
- Plague
- Dungeon
- Wrath
- Punishment
- Rod
- Scorpion
- Satire
- Torture
- Flesh
- Crucifixion
- Scorn
- Slave
- Sin
- Misery
- Scourge
- Slavery
- Lust
- Fever
- Underworld
- Undead
- Fury
- Offence
- Smallpox
- God
- Conscience
- Transformer
- Quaker
- Pillar
- Stripe
- Thong
- Gallows
- Cholera
- Chastity
- Maximus
- Jesus
- Christ
- Mankind
- Hun
- Horde
- Snarl
- Christendom
- Thunderbolt
- Artemis
- Wound
- Messiah
- Epidemic
- Tumult
- Syphilis
- Malaria
- Torment
- Him
- Hedgehog
- Falsehood
- Piracy
- Homo
- Bleeding
- Spat
- Malice
- Tyrant
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
SCOURGE, noun. (uncountable) A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.
SCOURGE, noun. A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
SCOURGE, noun. A whip, often of leather.
SCOURGE, verb. To strike with a scourge, to flog.
Dictionary definition
SCOURGE, noun. A whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor).
SCOURGE, noun. Something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life".
SCOURGE, noun. A person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood".
SCOURGE, verb. Punish severely; excoriate.
SCOURGE, verb. Whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves".
SCOURGE, verb. Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion".
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