Synonyms of the word

nemesis

• n. (chiefly Canada, US) An archenemy.
• n. (chiefly non-North American usage) A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of…
• n. The principle of retributive justice.
• n. (usually in the singular, formal) A punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided.
• n. The polar opposite of a character.
• n. A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent.

affliction

• n. A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
• n. Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.

bane

• n. A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse.
• n. (dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants.
• n. (obsolete) A killer, murderer, slayer.
• n. (obsolete) destruction; death.
• n. A disease of sheep; the rot.
• v. (transitive) To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
• v. (transitive) To be the bane of.
• n. (chiefly Scotland) bone.

curse

• n. A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
• n. A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
• n. The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
• n. A vulgar epithet.
• n. (slang) A woman's menses.
• v. (transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
• v. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
• v. (transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
• v. (intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
• v. To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which…

scourge

• n. (uncountable) A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread…
• n. A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
• n. A whip, often of leather.
• v. To strike with a scourge, to flog.