Synonyms and Antonyms of scourge

synonym (synonym of scourge)

  • (noun.artifact)
    flagellum
    a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.state)
    bane, curse, nemesis
    something causing misery or death (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.person)
    terror, threat
    a person who inspires fear or dread (noun.person)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    flagellate
    whip (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.change)
    desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, waste
    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)
     

hypernym (scourge IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a person who inspires fear or dread (noun.person)
    individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
    a human being (noun.tops)
     
  • a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) (noun.artifact)
    whip
    an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping (noun.artifact)
     
  • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)
    destroy, ruin
    destroy completely; damage irreparably (verb.contact)
     
  • punish severely; excoriate (verb.social)
    penalise, penalize, punish
    impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on (verb.social)
     
  • something causing misery or death (noun.state)
    affliction
    a cause of great suffering and distress (noun.event)
     
  • whip (verb.contact)
    flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip
    beat severely with a whip or rod (verb.contact)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF scourge relation)

  • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)
    ruin
    reduce to ruins (verb.contact)
     

derivation (.... is derived from scourge)

  • a person who inspires fear or dread (noun.person)
    terrorist
    a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrori more.. (noun.person)
     
  • a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) (noun.artifact)
    flagellate, scourge
    whip (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.social)
    scourge
    punish severely; excoriate (verb.social)
     
  • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)
    destruction, devastation
    the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    devastation, ravaging
    plundering with excessive damage and destruction (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.event)
    depredation, ravage
    (usually plural) a destructive action (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    desolation, devastation
    an event that results in total destruction (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.person)
    destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster
    a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.state)
    bane, curse, nemesis, scourge
    something causing misery or death (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.state)
    bareness, bleakness, desolation, nakedness
    a bleak and desolate atmosphere (noun.state)
     
  • something causing misery or death (noun.state)
    desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste
    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)
     
  • whip (verb.contact)
    flagellation, flogging, lashing, tanning, whipping
    beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    flagellum, scourge
    a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor) (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.person)
    flagellant
    a person who whips himself as a religious penance (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    flogger, scourger
    a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders) (noun.person)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym derivation flagellum bane terror threat flagellate desolate whip individual affliction destroy flog lash ruin flagellate terrorist desolate destruction devastation
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. flagellum . bane, curse, nemesis . terror, threat . flagellate . desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, waste . individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul . whip . destroy, ruin . penalise, penalize, punish . affliction . flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip . ruin . terrorist . flagellate, scourge . scourge . destruction, devastation . devastation, ravaging . depredation, ravage . desolation, devastation . destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster . bane, curse, nemesis, scourge . bareness, bleakness, desolation, nakedness . desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste . flagellation, flogging, lashing, tanning, whipping . flagellum, scourge . flagellant . flogger, scourger


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