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noun
1.
Plant Pathology.
a.
the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues.
b.
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.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cause to wither or decay; blast: Frost blighted the crops.
5.
to destroy; ruin; frustrate: Illness blighted his hopes.
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verb (used without object)
6.
to suffer blight.
Origin:
1605–15; of uncertain origin
1605–15; of uncertain origin
Related forms
blight·ing·ly, adverb
un·blight·ed, adjective
un·blight·ed·ly, adverb
un·blight·ed·ness, noun
Synonyms
2. curse, plague, scourge, bane.
2. curse, plague, scourge, bane.
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- You are a blight on this game.
- Transformation Initiative have led to a decline in crime, elimination of blight, and an all-around sense of pride and renewal.
- The blight has killed the roses.
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World English Dictionary
| blight (blaɪt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also potato blight any plant disease characterized by withering and shrivelling without rotting |
| 2. | any factor, such as bacterial attack or air pollution, that causes the symptoms of blight in plants |
| 3. | a person or thing that mars or prevents growth, improvement, or prosperity |
| 4. | an ugly urban district |
| 5. | the state or condition of being blighted or spoilt |
| —vb | |
| 6. | to cause or suffer a blight |
| 7. | (tr) to frustrate or disappoint |
| 8. | (tr) to spoil; destroy |
| [C17: perhaps related to Old English blǣce rash; compare | |
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Word Origin & History
blight
1610s, origin obscure, apparently it emerged into literary speech from the talk of gardeners and farmers, perhaps ult. from O.E. blæce, blæcðu, a scrofulous skin condition and/or from O.N. blikna "become pale." Used in a general way of agricultural diseases, sometimes with suggestion
EXPANDof "invisible baleful influence;" hence figurative sense of "anything which withers hopes or prospects or checks prosperity" (1852). The verb in this sense is from 1712. Hence slang blighter.
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