scourge
38
8.2
- noun
- /ˈskɜrdʒ/
- Formal
:
azote
- The scourge of drug abuse continues to impact families and communities across the country.
- scourge of terrorism
- scourge of disease
- human scourge
And she still refuses to do anything to address the scourge of crime in New York City.
- And she still refuses to do anything to address the scourge of crime in New York City.
- As events on our own campus and around the country remind us, violence in all forms has become a scourge in our society.
- This is about protecting people who are isolated through the scourge of invalidation and manipulation and toxic relationships.
- They sell the big plastic pillow of them and those red shop rags are a scourge on existence.
- And I think hoping is actually just one of the things that fits in the space between the scourge and serenity.
- And you are also a group, despite all your optimism, that is actually quite vulnerable to the narcissists and the scourges of narcissistic abuse.
- When he speaks, I think it's easy for people to hear him or see his life and cast him aside as some simian esque, like just create and scourge on society.
Examples
-
In your country, you suffer from the scourge of racism.
Academic text (2012) -
As you are aware, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, another problem facing Africa today is the scourge of HIV and AIDS.
-
And she still refuses to do anything to address the scourge of crime in New York City.
-
This scourge of terrorism in our world...
-
Africa is not free from the scourge of terrorism any more than other parts of the world.
Academic text (2009) -
Like violent crime, deadly disease, and other scourges, it can be reduced and contained.
Academic text (2007) -
In 1980, WHO declared that the world was free of one of its greatest medical scourges.
Academic text (1999) -
War is our scourge.
-
By the late 1820s, the Choctaws had all but eliminated the scourge of liquor among their people.
Academic text (1999) -
Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.
Synonyms
126
4.9
A person or thing that causes a lot of harm
64
4.8
A serious problem that causes a lot of trouble or annoyance
30
7.8
Something that causes a lot of trouble or harm
10
7.4
A thing that causes a lot of trouble for someone
Compounds
- Literature
A name for Attila the Hun, the king who attacked the Roman Empire in the 400s
How Harmful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scourge (noun) also comes from the word for a whip (Latin excoriare 'to strip the skin'), and it now means a person or thing that brings great trouble because it causes much harm.