blight

blight (bl

a. Any of numerous plant diseases resulting in sudden conspicuous wilting and dying of affected parts, especially young, growing tissues.

b. The condition or causative agent, such as a bacterium, fungus, or virus, that results in blight.

2. An extremely adverse environmental condition, such as air pollution.

3. Something that impairs growth, withers hopes and ambitions, or impedes progress and prosperity.

v. blight·ed, blight·ing, blights

v.tr.

1. To cause (a plant, for example) to undergo blight.

2. To have a deleterious effect on; ruin. See Synonyms at blast.

v.intr.

To suffer blight.

[Origin unknown.]

blight

Noun

1. a person or thing that spoils or prevents growth

2. any plant disease characterized by withering and shrivelling without rotting

3. a fungus or insect that causes blight in plants

4. an ugly urban district

Verb

1. to cause to suffer a blight

2. to frustrate or disappoint: blighted love

3. to destroy: the event blighted her life [origin unknown]

blight (bl

1. Any of numerous plant diseases that cause leaves, stems, fruits, and tissues to wither and die. Rust, mildew, and smut are blights.

2. The bacterium, fungus, or virus that causes such a disease.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	blight - a state or condition being blighted desolation, devastation - the state of being decayed or destroyed
	2.	blight - any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting alder blight - a disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse) apple blight, apple canker - a disease of apple trees beet blight - a disease of beet plants blister blight - a disease of tea plants blister blight - a disease of Scotch pines cane blight - a disease affecting the canes of various bush fruits (e.g., raspberries or currants) chestnut blight, chestnut canker, chestnut-bark disease - a disease of American chestnut trees coffee blight - a blight affecting the coffee plant collar blight - a disease affecting the trunks of pear and apple trees bean blight, halo spot, halo blight - a blight of bean plants halo blight - a blight affecting the leaves of oats and other grasses head blight - a blight of the heads of cereals late blight - blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans leaf blight - any blight causing a browning and falling of the leaves of a plant peach blight - a disease of trees bearing drupes potato blight, potato disease, potato mildew, potato mold, potato murrain - a blight of potatoes rim blight - a disease of tea plants spinach blight - a disease of spinach plants spur blight - a disease of raspberries stem blight - a fungous blight attacking the stems of plants stripe blight - a disease of oats thread blight - a disease of tropical woody plants (cacao or tea or citrus) tomato blight, tomato yellows - a disease of tomato plants twig blight - a disease of the ends of twigs of woody plants walnut blight - a disease of English walnut trees plant disease - a disease that affects plants
Verb	1.	blight - cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold" plague afflict, smite - cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"