blight
noun
[ blʌɪt ]
• a plant disease, typically one caused by fungi such as mildews, rusts, and smuts.
• "the vines suffered blight and disease"
• a thing that spoils or damages something.
• "the vacant properties are a blight on the neighbourhood"
Similar:
affliction,
scourge,
bane,
curse,
plague,
menace,
evil,
misfortune,
woe,
calamity,
trouble,
ordeal,
thorn in one's flesh/side,
trial,
tribulation,
visitation,
nuisance,
pest,
pollution,
contamination,
cancer,
canker,
blight
verb
• have a severely detrimental effect on.
• "the scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians"
Similar:
ruin,
wreck,
spoil,
disrupt,
undo,
mar,
play havoc with,
make a mess of,
put an end to,
end,
bring to an end,
put a stop to,
prevent,
frustrate,
crush,
quell,
quash,
dash,
destroy,
scotch,
shatter,
devastate,
demolish,
sabotage,
mess up,
screw up,
louse up,
foul up,
make a hash of,
do in,
put paid to,
put the lid on,
put the kibosh on,
stymie,
queer,
nix,
banjax,
blow a hole in,
scupper,
dish,
euchre,
cruel,
bring to naught,
• infect (plants) with blight.
• "a peach tree blighted by leaf curl"
Origin:
mid 16th century (denoting inflammation of the skin): of unknown origin.
