English-Portuguese translations for scourge

• flagelo
  O terrorismo é um dos flagelos da nossa sociedade moderna. Terrorism is one of the scourges of our modern society.
  A inflação é um flagelo que redistribui os activos de forma injusta. Inflation is a scourge which redistributes assets unfairly.
  Os medicamentos falsificados são um flagelo que tem sido ignorado. Falsified medicinal products are a scourge that has long been ignored.
• açoite
• flagelar
• tormento

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