blighted

Definition of Blighted in English :

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Adjective

1. blighted, spoilt

affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity

Example Sentences:
'a blighted rose'
'blighted urban districts'

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Blighted

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noun

1.

any plant disease characterized by withering and shrivelling without rotting

Blighted

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noun

1.

any atmospheric or soil condition, parasite, or insect that kills, withers, or checks the growth of plants

2.

any of several plant diseases, as rust, mildew, or smut

3.

anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation

slums are a blight on a city

4.

a person or thing that withers someone's hopes or ambitions

5.

the condition or result of being blighted

verb transitive

6.

to cause a blight in or on; wither

7.

to destroy

8.

to disappoint or frustrate

verb intransitive

9.

to suffer blight

Blighted

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n.

1.

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.

a. An agent or action that harms or ruins the value or success of something: "the heavy-handed, moralistic parenting that was the blight of the traditional family" (Theodore Roszack).

b. A condition or result of harmful or ruinous action: policies that lifted the city from economic blight.

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.

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Adjective

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