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:pest 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:pest plague
Derivationally Related Form:pestilentialplagueyplaguepestilent
Hypernyms:epidemic disease
Inherited Hypernyms:plagueepidemic diseaseinfectious diseasecommunicable diseasediseaseillnessill healthpathological statephysical conditionconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.cognitiona pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid ofSynset:canker
Examples:- racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation
- according to him, I was the canker in their midst
Derivationally Related Form:pestilent
Hypernyms:influence
Inherited Hypernyms:pestilenceinfluencedeterminantcognitive factorcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity