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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.