NOUN | state | pest, plague, pestilence, pestis | 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 |
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state | pest, plague, pestilence | any epidemic disease with a high death rate | |
person | pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly | a persistently annoying person | |
animal | pest | any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. |
Sounds | peh'st | |
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Rhymes | abreast ... zest: 76 rhymes with ehst... |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonyms | plague, pestilence, pestis | |
Narrower | bubonic plague, pestis bubonica, glandular plague | The most common form of the plague in humans |
pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia | A rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person | |
septicemic plague | An especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream | |
Broader | epidemic disease | Any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people |
Spanish | peste, pestilencia, pestis, plaga | |
Catalan | pesta, pestis, plaga |
Meaning | Any epidemic disease with a high death rate. | |
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Synonyms | plague, pestilence | |
Broader | epidemic disease | Any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people |
Spanish | plaga |
Meaning | A persistently annoying person. | |
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Synonyms | blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly | |
Narrower | nudnik, nudnick | (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest |
Broader | tormentor, tormenter, persecutor | someone who torments |
Spanish | lapa, machacón, moscardón, moscón, pelma, pesada, pesado, peste, plaga, quiltro | |
Catalan | borinot, corcó, pesta, plaga |
Meaning | Any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.. | |
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Narrower | vermin | Any of various small animals or insects that are pests |
Broader | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
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