Plaguey — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; - Jonathan Swift

causing irritation or annoyance

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/plˈeɪɡi/

🇬🇧British English

/plˈeɪɡi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/plˈeɪɡi/

2 syllables Say it as /plˈeɪɡi/.

Examples

a pestilential malignancy in the air
plaguey fevers
tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

vexatious galling pestilential pestilent teasing irritating bothersome annoying plaguy vexing pestering nettlesome pestiferous pesky plaguily

Parts of Speech

adjective	likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; - Jonathan Swift “a pestilential malignancy in the air”
adjective	causing irritation or annoyance “tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork”
adverb	in a disagreeable manner “it's so plaguey cold!”

Word Forms

pestilence	noun	any epidemic disease with a high death rate
plague	noun	any epidemic disease with a high death rate

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

pestartig

sich wahrscheinlich ausbreitet und eine epidemische Krankheit verursacht; - Jonathan Swift

🇫🇷French

assommant

susceptible de se propager et de provoquer une maladie épidémique ; -Jonathan Swift

🇪🇸Spanish

fastidioso

probable que se propague y cause una enfermedad epidémica; -Jonathan Swift

🇮🇹Italian

afflitto

suscettibile di diffondersi e causare una malattia epidemica; - Jonathan Swift

🇳🇱Dutch

plaag

waarschijnlijk verspreiden en een epidemische ziekte veroorzaken; - Jonathan Swift

🇵🇹Portuguese

praga

suscetível de se espalhar e causar uma doença epidêmica; -Jonathan Swift

🇷🇺Russian

чумной

вероятность распространения и возникновения эпидемического заболевания; - Джонатан Свифт

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्लेगी

महामारी फैलने और फैलने की संभावना; - जोनाथन स्विफ़्ट

🇧🇩Bengali

প্লেগ

একটি মহামারী রোগ ছড়িয়ে পড়ার এবং হতে পারে; - জোনাথন সুইফট

🇮🇳Tamil

கொள்ளை நோய்

பரவும் மற்றும் ஒரு தொற்றுநோய் நோயை ஏற்படுத்தும்; - ஜொனாதன் ஸ்விஃப்ட்

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్లేగు

ఒక అంటువ్యాధి వ్యాధి వ్యాప్తి మరియు కారణం అవకాశం; - జోనాథన్ స్విఫ్ట్

🇮🇳Marathi

प्लेग

साथीचा रोग पसरण्याची आणि कारणीभूत होण्याची शक्यता; - जोनाथन स्विफ्ट

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્લેગ

રોગચાળો ફેલાવવાની અને તેનું કારણ બને તેવી શક્યતા; - જોનાથન સ્વિફ્ટ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ಲೇಗ್

ಹರಡುವ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಂಕ್ರಾಮಿಕ ರೋಗವನ್ನು ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆಯಿದೆ; - ಜೊನಾಥನ್ ಸ್ವಿಫ್ಟ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്ലേഗ്

ഒരു പകർച്ചവ്യാധി പടരാനും കാരണമാകാനും സാധ്യതയുണ്ട്; - ജോനാഥൻ സ്വിഫ്റ്റ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਲੇਗ

ਫੈਲਣ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਮਹਾਂਮਾਰੀ ਦੀ ਬਿਮਾਰੀ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਨ ਬਣਨ ਦੀ ਸੰਭਾਵਨਾ; - ਜੋਨਾਥਨ ਸਵਿਫਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

طاعون

پھیلنے اور وبائی بیماری کا سبب بننے کا امکان؛ - جوناتھن سوئفٹ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

瘟疫

可能传播并引起流行病； ——乔纳森·斯威夫特

🇯🇵Japanese

疫病

蔓延して伝染病を引き起こす可能性が高い。 - ジョナサン・スウィフト

🇰🇷Korean

전염병

전염병을 퍼뜨릴 가능성이 있고, 전염병을 일으킬 가능성이 있습니다. - 조나단 스위프트

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bệnh dịch

có khả năng lây lan và gây dịch bệnh; - Jonathan Swift

🇹🇭Thai

ภัยพิบัติ

มีแนวโน้มที่จะแพร่กระจายและทำให้เกิดโรคระบาด - โจนาธาน สวิฟต์

🇮🇩Indonesian

wabah

kemungkinan besar akan menyebar dan menyebabkan penyakit epidemi; - Jonatan Swift

🇵🇭Filipino

salot

malamang na kumalat at maging sanhi ng isang epidemya na sakit; - Jonathan Swift

🇲🇾Malay

tulah

berkemungkinan merebak dan menyebabkan penyakit wabak; - Jonathan Swift

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

موبوء

من المحتمل أن ينتشر ويسبب مرضًا وبائيًا؛ - جوناثان سويفت

🇮🇷Persian

طاعون

احتمال انتشار و ایجاد یک بیماری همه گیر؛ - جاناتان سویفت

🇹🇷Turkish

vebalı

yayılma ve salgın hastalığa neden olma olasılığı; -Jonathan Swift

🇮🇱Hebrew

מגונה

עלול להתפשט ולגרום למחלה מגיפה; - ג'ונתן סוויפט

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