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  1. something that causes a lot of suffering or trouble: Drug-related crime is the scourge of modern society. (Definition of scourge from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  2. noun. /skɜːdʒ/ /skɜːrdʒ/ [usually singular] scourge (of somebody/something) (formal) a person or thing that causes trouble, difficulty or mental pain. the scourge of war/disease/poverty. Inflation was the scourge of the 1970s. Extra Examples. Definitions on the go.

  3. Scourge definition, a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture. See more.

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