plague

tourmenter, harceler

Causer sans cesse des problèmes, de la souffrance ou des inquiétudes.

En anglais simple : To keep causing someone or something problems, pain, or worry.

• Doubts plague him every day.
• Technical problems plagued the new website.
• She kept plaguing me with questions about the trip.

Comment l'utiliser : be plagued by something (The project was plagued by delays.); be plagued with something (She was plagued with doubts.)

Synonymes : trouble, bother, torment

Expressions courantes : plague someone, plague a project, plague someone with questions

frapper, affliger

Faire souffrir des personnes en les touchant par une maladie ou une catastrophe.

En anglais simple : To cause people to suffer from a disease or disaster.

• Disease plagued the village.
• Repeated droughts have plagued the region for years.
• The settlers were plagued by fever throughout the winter.

Comment l'utiliser : be plagued by something (The region was plagued by famine.)

Synonymes : afflict, ravage

Expressions courantes : plague a region, plague a community

peste

Maladie grave causée par des bactéries, souvent transmise par les puces, qui peut entraîner la mort.

En anglais simple : A serious disease caused by bacteria, often spread by fleas, that can kill people.

• Plague spread through the town.
• Many people died of plague during the outbreak.
• The doctor suspected that the patient had plague.

Synonymes : bubonic plague

Expressions courantes : bubonic plague, plague outbreak, die of plague

invasion, fléau

Nombre anormalement élevé d’insectes ou d’animaux qui causent des dégâts dans un lieu.

En anglais simple : An unusually large number of insects or animals that damage a place.

• A plague of mice ruined the grain.
• Farmers faced a plague of locusts last summer.
• The island suffered another insect plague.

Comment l'utiliser : a plague of something (A plague of locusts destroyed the wheat.)

Synonymes : infestation

Expressions courantes : plague of locusts, plague of rats, insect plague

fléau, calamité

Désastre ou situation nuisible touchant beaucoup de personnes, parfois considéré comme une punition de Dieu.

En anglais simple : A disaster or harmful condition that affects many people, sometimes understood as punishment from God.

• Famine became a plague upon the land.
• They believed the drought was a plague sent by God.
• The story describes ten plagues that struck an ancient kingdom.

Comment l'utiliser : a plague of something (The country suffered a plague of violence.)

Synonymes : scourge, calamity, affliction

Expressions courantes : terrible plague, plague upon someone, plague of violence

plaie, peste

Personne ou chose qui cause beaucoup d’agacement ou de difficultés.

En anglais simple : A person or thing that causes great annoyance or trouble.

• That boy is a plague.
• Her endless questions became a plague to the whole household.
• These noisy visitors are a real plague.

Comment l'utiliser : a plague to someone (That noisy boy is a plague to his neighbours.)

Synonymes : nuisance, pest, bother

Expressions courantes : a real plague, plague to someone