nnoun.statea 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 animalSynset:pestilence pestis plague
Derivationally Related Form:plague
Hypernyms:epidemic disease
Inherited Hypernyms:plagueepidemic diseaseinfectious diseasecommunicable diseasediseaseillnessill healthpathological statephysical conditionconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bubonic plagueglandular plaguepestis bubonicaplague pneumoniapneumonic plaguepulmonic plaguesepticemic plague
Full Hyponyms:ambulant plagueblack deathbubonic plaguepneumonic plaguesepticemic plague
nnoun.stateany epidemic disease with a high death rateSynset:pestilence plague
Derivationally Related Form:pestilentialplagueyplaguepestilent
Hypernyms:epidemic disease
Inherited Hypernyms:plagueepidemic diseaseinfectious diseasecommunicable diseasediseaseillnessill healthpathological statephysical conditionconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.persona persistently annoying personSynset:blighter cuss gadfly pesterer
Derivationally Related Form:pester
Hypernyms:persecutor tormenter tormentor
Inherited Hypernyms:pesttormentoroppressorunpleasant personunwelcome personpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:pesttormentoroppressorunpleasant personunwelcome personpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:nudnicknudnik
nnoun.animalany unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.Examples:- he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests
- many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides
Hypernyms:animal animate being beast brute creature fauna
Inherited Hypernyms:pestanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:vermin