The meaning of SCOURGE is whip; especially : one used to inflict pain or punishment. How to use scourge in a sentence.

SCOURGE definition: 1. something or someone that causes great suffering or a lot of trouble: 2. to cause great…. Learn more.

SCOURGE meaning: 1 : someone or something that causes a great amount of trouble or suffering; 2 : a whip that was used to punish people in the past

If something makes people miserable or causes them great pain and torment, it's a scourge. A corrupt government is one kind of scourge, and a plague of insects that destroys a farmer's crops is another kind of scourge.

A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people. They want to end the scourge of terrorism. If something scourges a place or group of people, it causes great …

a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture. a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism. Disease and famine are scourges of humanity. …

A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people.

1. a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment. 2. a person or thing that administers punishment or criticism. 3. a cause of affliction or calamity: the scourge of famine. 4. to whip with a scourge. 5. to punish, chastise, or criticize severely. [1175–1225; (n.)

Definition of scourge noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. [usually singular] scourge (of somebody/something) (formal) a person or thing that causes trouble or suffering the scourge of war/disease/poverty Inflation was the scourge of the 1970s.

SCOURGE meaning: something that causes a lot of suffering or trouble: . Learn more.