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Definitions for Blight

[1] Plant Pathology . the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. a disease so characterized.
[2] any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration: Extravagance was the blight of the family.
[3] the state or result of being blighted or deteriorated; dilapidation; decay: urban blight.
[4] to cause to wither or decay; blast: Frost blighted the crops.
[5] to destroy; ruin; frustrate: Illness blighted his hopes.
[6] to suffer blight.
[7] any plant disease characterized by withering and shrivelling without rotting See also potato blight
[8] any factor, such as bacterial attack or air pollution, that causes the symptoms of blight in plants
[9] a person or thing that mars or prevents growth, improvement, or prosperity
[10] an ugly urban district
[11] the state or condition of being blighted or spoilt
[12] to cause or suffer a blight
[13] (tr) to frustrate or disappoint
[14] (tr) to spoil; destroy

Words related to Blight

mildew, decay, scourge, eyesore, canker, pest, affliction, fungus, infestation, mar, taint, curse, pestilence, dump, withering, evil, bane, sight, contamination, woe

Words nearby Blight

blew, blewit, blewits, blida, bligh, blight, blighter, blighty, bliksem, blimey, blimp

Origin of Blight

First recorded in 1605–15; of uncertain origin

Other words from Blight

blight·ing·ly , adverb
un·blight·ed , adjective
un·blight·ed·ly , adverb
un·blight·ed·ness , noun

Word origin for Blight

C17: perhaps related to Old English blǣce rash; compare bleach

Synonyms for Blight

affliction, canker, decay, eyesore, fungus, infestation, mildew, pest, scourge, bane, contamination, corruption, curse, dump, evil, pestilence, pollution, rot, sight, withering, woe, blot on the landscape