Definizione monolingua

scourge

scourge (third-person singular simple present scourges, present participle scourging, simple past and past participle scourged)

1. To strike with a scourge.

scourge (countable and uncountable; plural scourges)

1. (uncountable) A persistent pest, illness, or source of trouble, (figurative) cause of suffering to people.

   Graffiti is the scourge of building owners everywhere.

2. A whip often of leather.

   He flogged him with a scourge.

Definizione dizionario scourge

calamità

castigare

flagellare

flagello

frusta

frustare

fustigare

pena

punire

sferza

sferzare

Altri significati:

a whip often of leather

To strike with a scourge.

A whip often of leather.

(uncountable) A persistent pest, illness, or source of trouble, (figurative) cause of suffering to people.

To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.

a persistent pest, illness, or source of trouble

to strike with a scourge