Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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plague | Yes | No | Yes | No |
torment | Yes | No | Yes | No |
plague (noun) | torment (noun) |
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an annoyance | the act of harassing someone |
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) | a severe affliction |
a swarm of insects that attack plants | intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain |
a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal | extreme mental distress |
any epidemic disease with a high death rate | a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented |
unbearable physical pain |
plague (verb) | torment (verb) |
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annoy continually or chronically | subject to torture |
cause to suffer a blight | torment emotionally or mentally |
treat cruelly |