(often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.

(transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly. / (transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.

present participle of plague

annoyance; harassment

simple past tense and past participle of plague

Constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked (by someone or something).

plural of plague

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plague

Abounding with plagues; pestilential.

(dated) Synonym of the hell (“expletive”)