ALL meanings of blight
blight
B b - variable noun blight You can refer to something as a blight when it causes great difficulties, and damages or spoils other things. 3
- verb blight If something blights your life or your hopes, it damages and spoils them. If something blights an area, it spoils it and makes it unattractive. 3
- uncountable noun blight Blight is a disease which makes plants dry up and die. 3
- noun blight any plant disease characterized by withering and shrivelling without rotting 3
- noun blight any factor, such as bacterial attack or air pollution, that causes the symptoms of blight in plants 3
- noun blight a person or thing that mars or prevents growth, improvement, or prosperity 3
- noun blight an ugly urban district 3
- noun blight the state or condition of being blighted or spoilt 3
- verb blight to cause or suffer a blight 3
- verb blight to frustrate or disappoint 3
- verb blight to spoil; destroy 3
- noun blight any atmospheric or soil condition, parasite, or insect that kills, withers, or checks the growth of plants 3
- noun blight any of several plant diseases, as rust, mildew, or smut 3
- noun blight anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation 3
- noun blight a person or thing that withers someone's hopes or ambitions 3
- noun blight the condition or result of being blighted 3
- verb transitive blight to cause a blight in or on; wither 3
- verb transitive blight to destroy 3
- verb transitive blight to disappoint or frustrate 3
- intransitive verb blight to suffer blight 3
- noun blight Plant Pathology. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. a disease so characterized. 1
- noun blight any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration: Extravagance was the blight of the family. 1
- noun blight the state or result of being blighted or deteriorated; dilapidation; decay: urban blight. 1
- verb with object blight to cause to wither or decay; blast: Frost blighted the crops. 1
- verb with object blight to destroy; ruin; frustrate: Illness blighted his hopes. 1
- verb without object blight to suffer blight. 1
- noun blight plant disease 1
- noun blight urban decay 1
- noun blight cause of ruin, scourge 1
- transitive verb blight ruin 1
- noun blight any of many plant diseases causing damage to, or the death of, leaves, fruit or other parts. 0
- noun blight the bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition. 0
- noun blight (by extension) anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life. 0
- verb blight (Transitive Verb) To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of. 0
- verb blight (Transitive Verb) to spoil or ruin (something). 0