blight

¹blight

noun \ˈblīt\

Definition of BLIGHT

1

a : a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (as leaves and tubers) b : an organism (as an insect or a fungus) that causes blight

2

: something that frustrates plans or hopes

3

: something that impairs or destroys

4

: a deteriorated condition <urban blight>

Examples of BLIGHT

1. the city's spreading urban blight
2. <the expanding urban sprawl is a blight on the countryside>

Origin of BLIGHT

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1578

Related to BLIGHT

Synonyms: blemish, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence, excrescency, fault, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, pockmark, scar

Related Words: abnormality, distortion, irregularity, malformation, misshape; bug, glitch, kink; blot, blur, spot, stain, taint; damage, defacement, impairment, injury; failing, weakness

Near Antonyms: adornment, decoration, embellishment, enhancement, ornament

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Rhymes with BLIGHT

bight, bite, bright, byte, cite, dight, dite, fight, flight, fright, height, hight, kite, knight, krait, kyte, light, lite, might, mite, night, plight, quite, right, rite, sight, site, sleight, slight, smite, spite, sprite, tight, trite, white, wight, wite, wright, write