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- [blahyt]
- /blaɪt/
- /blaɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [blahyt]
- /blaɪt/
Definitions of blighted word
- noun blighted Plant Pathology. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. a disease so characterized. 1
- noun blighted any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration: Extravagance was the blight of the family. 1
- noun blighted the state or result of being blighted or deteriorated; dilapidation; decay: urban blight. 1
- verb with object blighted to cause to wither or decay; blast: Frost blighted the crops. 1
- verb with object blighted to destroy; ruin; frustrate: Illness blighted his hopes. 1
- verb without object blighted to suffer blight. 1
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Origin of blighted
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15; of uncertain origin
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Blighted
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
blighted popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
blighted usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for blighted
adj blighted
- blankety-blank — damned
- bleak — If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.
- cast out — To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
- cursed — If you are cursed with something, you are very unlucky in having it.
- destroyed — to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
adjective blighted
- damned — Damned is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are angry or frustrated.
- deforested — Simple past tense and past participle of deforest.
- foredoomed — Simple past tense and past participle of foredoom.
- infected — to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
noun blighted
- gangrened — Infected with gangrene, gangrenous.
verb blighted
- nipped — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
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