Scourge
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:13 pts7 letters
Definition of Scourge
Noun
- A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
"He flogged him with a scourge."
- A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment. A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
"Graffiti is the scourge of building owners everywhere."
- A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment.
- A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
"Graffiti is the scourge of building owners everywhere."
Verb
- To strike (a person, an animal, etc.) with a scourge (noun etymology 1 sense 1) or whip; to flog, to whip.
- To drive, or force (a person, an animal, etc.) to move, with or as if with a scourge or whip.
- To punish (a person, an animal, etc.); to chastise. To cause (someone or something) persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble; to afflict, to torment. Of a crop or a farmer: to deplete the fertility of (land or soil).
- To punish (a person, an animal, etc.); to chastise.
- To cause (someone or something) persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble; to afflict, to torment.
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