Associations to the word «Scourge»
Noun
Adverb
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".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.