plaguelike
Spreading like contagion
Plaguelike describes something resembling a plague in its spread, severity, or devastating effect.
The word typically characterizes diseases, infestations, or social phenomena that sweep through populations with alarming speed or intensity: The plaguelike spread of misinformation across social media, plaguelike swarms of locusts.
Global disease outbreak
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- infectiousAble to spread disease
communicable · viral · transmissible · spreadable · pathogenic · endemic · zoonotic · vector-borne
Violently destroying everything
- scourgeCause of mass suffering
- blightPlant disease causing decay
- ruinousCausing severe destruction
- catastrophicCausing complete destruction
decimating · annihilating · lethal · virulent · pernicious · deadly · destructive · blighting
Sudden ruinous event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
- curseInvoked harm through words
- tribulationState of great distress
misfortune · woe · suffering · torment · ruin · devastation · desolation · scourge
Existing across many places
- rampantFlourishing beyond control
- rifeAbundantly present, often negatively
- ubiquitousPresent in all places
- pervasivePresent throughout, inescapable
sweeping · uncontainable · relentless · unstoppable · proliferating · multiplying · spreading · insidious
Suggesting something bad approaches
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- nightmarishFrightening like bad dreams
haunting · terrifying · dreaded · feared · horror · doom · accursed · harbinger
pandemic
Global disease outbreak
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
infectious · communicable · viral · transmissible · spreadable · pathogenic · endemic · zoonotic · vector-borne · quarantine
ravaging
Violently destroying everything
catastrophic · decimating · annihilating · lethal · virulent · pernicious · deadly · destructive · blighting · eradicative
disaster
Sudden ruinous event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
- curseInvoked harm through words
tribulation · misfortune · woe · suffering · torment · ruin · devastation · desolation · scourge · cataclysmic
widespread
Existing across many places
- rampantFlourishing beyond control
- rifeAbundantly present, often negatively
- ubiquitousPresent in all places
pervasive · sweeping · uncontainable · relentless · unstoppable · proliferating · multiplying · spreading · insidious · creeping
ominous
Suggesting something bad approaches
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
nightmarish · haunting · terrifying · dreaded · feared · horror · doom · accursed · harbinger · specter
plaguelikecontained
Kept within limits
isolated · localized · limited · confined · quarantined
plaguelikehealthful
Promoting physical wellbeing
healing · curative · restorative · beneficial · salubrious
plague, plagued, plagues, plaguing, pestilence, pestilential