English-Polish translations for scourge

• bicz
• chłostać
• dopust
• plaga
  Plaga nie uznaje granic, żadnych granic. The scourge has no respect for borders - none.
  Inflacja jest to plaga powodująca nierówny podział dóbr. Inflation is a scourge which redistributes assets unfairly.
  Godne ubolewania jest to, że plaga nietolerancji religijnej nie omija żadnego zakątka świata. Regrettably, no part of the world is spared from the scourge of religious intolerance.

Definition of scourge

• A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction
• A means to inflict such pain or destruction
• A whip, often of leather
• To strike with a scourge; to flog

Examples

• Graffiti is the scourge of building owners everywhere
• He flogged him with a scourge

Related words

• scour
• discourse
• discourage
• discouraging
• discouraged
• discourtesy
• scouring
• discourteous
• discouragement