A moral or mental defect or disorder.
Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.
A group of common grackles.
A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
To afflict with a disease or other calamity.