| Front | blight |
|---|---|
| Back | blight verb, noun BrE /blaɪt/ NAmE /blaɪt/ verb verb forms word origin ~ sth to spoil or damage sth, especially by causing a lot of problems His career has been blighted by injuries. an area blighted by unemployment noun word origin 1 [uncountable, countable] any disease that kills plants, especially crops potato blight Many areas have been devastated by blights which destroyed cereal crops and vines. 2 [singular, uncountable] ~ (on sb/sth) something that has a bad effect on a situation, a person's life or the environment His death cast a blight on the whole of that year. urban blight (= areas in a city that are ugly or not cared for well) Her divorce was a great blight on her life. |
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